We held three ceremonies in Spring 2024 to welcome those who passed their CASC exams in late 2023 or earlier.

A total of 154 new Members were presented across the three ceremonies, with attendees coming from across the UK and from overseas.

Members were welcomed by the President Dr Lade Smith CBE, Dean Professor Subodh Dave, and the Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees' Committee Dr Laura Thorn.

We held two ceremonies in October 2023, at which we presented 159 new Members. 79 new Members attended on 11 October and 80 on 19 October. We also held another ceremony for this cohort on 1 February 2024, at which we presented 56 new Members.

Members attended with their friends and family from across the UK and around the world.

Members at these ceremonies passed their MRCPsych exams in February 2023 or earlier.

These ceremonies were the first presided over by Dr Lade Smith as President. Attendees also heard from Dean Professor Subodh Dave and Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees' Committee Dr Laura Thorn.

We also presented five new Honorary Fellows across the three ceremonies: Professor Mohammed Al-Uzri, Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Dr Ananta Dave, Dr Afzal Javed, and Robin Swann. Each Honorary Fellow was presented their certificate and then gave a short address.

A total of 175 Members were welcomed in March 2023, 93 on 9 March, and 82 on 22 March.

Members travelled from across the UK to attend the ceremonies, as well as from Bangladesh, Brunei, Egypt, India, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Malta, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore.

Members at these ceremonies passed their MRCPsych exams in late 2022 or earlier.

These ceremonies were the last ones presided over by Dr Adrian James as President before his term of office ended in July 2023.

Ceremonies in January 2023 were held for those members whose ceremonies were postponed in 2021 due to the pandemic. 

61 new Members were presented on 12 January, and 89 on 26 January. Attendees brought along their friends and family to the ceremonies and travelled from across the UK and the world.

Attendees heard speeches from the College Officer team and the Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees' Committee.

Our ceremonies on 26 October and 8 December were held for those new Members who's ceremonies were unfortunately postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic.

We welcomed 36 Members in October and 50 in December, along with their family members and friends.

Attendees heard speeches from the College Officers and Chair of the PTC before networking with colleagues during the afternoon tea reception.

74 new members celebrated joining the College on 6 October, and 78 on 13 October 2022. Members travelled from  across the UK, as well as from Ireland, Oman, India, Mauritius, Malaysia, and Australia.

The new members – who all passed our CASC exam in early 2022 - were given a warm welcome by senior members of the College including the Dean (Professor Subodh Dave), Registrar (Dr Trudi Seneviratne), Treasurer (Professor John Crichton) and President (Dr Adrian James).

Dr James highlighted the fact that these new members have helped expand College membership to over 20,000 members.

New members also heard from the Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees Committee, Dr Chris Walsh, who shared details of his own career journey.

In March 2022 we held our first in-person New Members' Ceremony since October 2019, following the covid-19 pandemic. We held an online ceremony on 9 March for those unable to travel to London and a face-to-face ceremony on 17 March.

75 Members were welcomed at the online ceremony. At the face-to-face ceremony we presented 96 Members, who'd travelled from across the UK and abroad.

Members attending these two ceremonies passed their MRCPsych exams in late 2021.

These were the first ceremonies presided over by Dr Adrian James as President, Dr Trudi Seneviratne as Registrar, Professor Subodh Dave as Dean, and Professor John Crichton as Treasurer.  Dr Rosemary Gordon also addressed attendees as Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees' Committee.