Members' update

March 2024

Applications for the Clinical Impact Awards opened last week and will close at 5pm on 15 April 2024 – read our guidance to help support you with your Clinical Impact Award application.

We’ve produced new guidance to help members stay safe when using social media channels. This is supplementary to our existing social media policy.

International Women’s Day 2024

Catch up with all the activities at the College as we celebrated this year's International Women's Day.

Voting opened yesterday (13 March) for elections across a number of Faculties, Divisions, Devolved Nations, Special Interest Groups and the Psychiatric Trainees’ Committee.

The College has published the latest workforce census results, revealing a worrying trend of growing consultant vacancies in the sector.

“Mental health waits are costing lives in Scotland” was the main message behind a special Channel Four News report, broadcast last week.

The College is delighted to announce that Dr Vivek Agarwal will become our new Chief Examiner, when he takes over from Dr Ian Hall in June.

A retired psychiatrist has become Kingston University’s oldest graduate after gaining a Masters in Modern European Philosophy, aged 95.

Read more to receive further information regarding a career in psychiatry