18. Psychiatric Team of the Year 2026: Sustainability

  • Psychiatric Team of the Year 2026: Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability/Green Care

  • 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: Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability/Green Care Criteria

  • This Award has been developed in partnership between the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. The Award is to recognise work done by healthcare professionals that demonstrates an understanding of the connection between health and the environment and helps to improve the sustainability of mental health care. Projects may be service development projects or novel initiatives.

    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 the following:

    Sustainability

    Demonstrate improved sustainability of mental health care, or provide an example of green care which will highlight one or more of the following areas:

    • Preventative: primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention of the harms of mental illness. This may usefully include close working with Public Health.
    • Empowering individuals and communities: e.g., promoting opportunities for self-management, independent living through supporting community projects, social networks, and employment.
    • Improving value: this may include improving health outcomes while reducing economic and environmental costs. It may include projects which reduce attrition of staff members by making work and life patterns more sustainable. The team psychiatrist will have a key leadership role in demonstrating that they are caring for themselves. There will be strong links with Occupational Health and Human Resources. Early graded return to work after sick leave, career support, flexible working, and support for staff with disabilities will be prioritised.
    • Considering carbon: attempts made to review and reduce the carbon footprint of care, much of which lies in procurement of medication, equipment, travel, and medical supplies. Considering the climate emergency and taking appropriate measures to limit it.

    Leadership and teamwork
    • Effective, collaborative leadership
    • Strong team-working ethos, in which every team member has a well-defined role
    • Well-defined support for staff

    Effective use of resources
    • Demonstrate how any reduction of resource use has been considered and achieved
    • Demonstrate that quality of life for patients, carers and/or staff was improved

    Entries should relate to work undertaken, at least in part, between January 2025 and December 2025. 

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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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