17. Psychiatric Team of the Year 2026: Research/Quality Improvement

  • Psychiatric Team of the Year 2026: Research/Quality Improvement

  • 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: Research/Quality Improvement Criteria

  • This award is to recognise the pivotal role that psychiatric teams play in advancing research or making improvements in services (for mental or/and physical health) through the use of formal quality improvement approaches.

     

    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 describe how the team identified the research question or problem to tackle, used a systematic review or quality improvement methodology, involved and engaged key stakeholders, particularly patients and carers. It should provide evidence of the following:

    • The use of a systematic method of reviewing the background literature and/or continuous quality improvement.
    • How the team involved and engaged key stakeholders, including staff, patients and carers, in the research/improvement work.
    • How the team identified the research question or problem to work on.
    • The use of measurement to demonstrate improvement or answer research questions, with key outcomes of the research/work evidenced.
    • Hypotheses or ideas that have been tested and/or implemented in order to achieve the aim of the work.
    • What the team has learnt, through the research journey or failed tests and through the process of working together to conduct research or solve a complex quality issue.
    • How the team has communicated research findings or developed a sustainable infrastructure for the new system, to ensure that improvements do not fall away or that research findings are available to others.

    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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