15. Psychiatric Team of the Year 2026: Digital Mental Health

  • Psychiatric Team of the Year 2026: Digital Mental Health

  • Instructions for completing this form

    • You can save your progress at any time by clicking the 'Save' button at the end of the page, this will email you a copy of the form that you can continue at a later date.
    • Nominations must be supported by the Chief Executive, Medical Director, Chair, senior manager in psychiatry, psychiatry lead, specialty lead, member of the board or senior management team, or equivalent from the team's organisation.
    • You'll be asked to give details at the end of the supporter and they will be sent a copy of this form to approve. Approvals must be completed by 30 June for the entry to be valid.

    Please ensure you've read our Rules for Entry before completing this nomination.

    If you have any issues completing this forms or have any questions, please contact MembershipServices@rcpsych.ac.uk

  • Team's details

  • You must seek the team's permission before completing the entry form.

  • Team contact's details

  • Nominator's details

  • As per the Rules for Entry, we cannot accept nominations from those who aren't subscribing members of the College. 

    You must find an alternative nominator for this entry before completing this form.

  • Psychiatric Team of the Year: Digital Mental Health Criteria

  • This award is to recognise the changing landscape of healthcare provision following the Covid pandemic with increased use of digital technologies in mental health services. The Award is to recognise work done by healthcare professionals that demonstrates use of digital technologies has improved their service and patient care.

    Teams may be based in the UK or overseas and should contain at least one psychiatrist who is a member or associate of the College.

    The entry should provide evidence of at least one of the following:

    a) Clinical excellence: How the team has used digital technologies to improve patient care, patient safety and clinical outcomes. (10 marks)
    b) Patient and clinician experience: How the patient and clinician experience has been improved or streamlined by the use of digital technologies e.g., Reduction of admin burden, smoother patient journey from referral to long-term care. (10 marks)
    c) Digital innovation: How the team has used innovative technologies not widely available in the public sector and adapted this for use for their patients e.g., AI / VR. (10 marks)
    d) Technology and Equality: How the team has addressed issues pertaining to access to health inequalities, access to mental health services or addressed digital exclusion i.e., those patients who may not be able to access digital services due to disability or age or other factors. (10 marks)
    e) Technology, mental health and society: How the team has engaged with the wider public around societal issues around digital mental health e.g., the effects of social media and gaming on mental health, digital privacy, the effects of screen-time on mental health. (10 marks)

    Entries should relate to work undertaken between January 2025 and December 2025 only. Activities undertaken outside these dates will not be considered.  

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  • Support for your nomination

  • Entries must have the support of the Chief Executive, Medical Director, Chair, senior manager in psychiatry, psychiatry lead, specialty lead, member of the board or senior management team, or equvalent from the team's organisation.

    They will be asked to affirm the following:

    I confirm that the evidence in the entry is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

    Please enter the name, job title and email address of the supporter below, and once you have submitted the form they will be emailed a copy with a button to click to confirm their support.

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