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Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee (PRDC) elections

Nominations for Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee roles will open on 1 December 2025 and close at noon on 6 February 2026. A list of vacancies will be available shortly. You can also find answers below to questions about how the elections work.

Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee elections FAQs

Pre- and post-membership resident doctors who are members of the Division or Devolved Nation can stand for election.

You can serve a total of two terms on the Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee, either back-to-back or with a gap.

If you've served one term on the committee then you can stand for re-election at any time.

If you've already served two terms then you can't be elected to the committee again.

The timetable for 2026 elections is as follows:

DateEvent
1 December 2025 Nominations open
6 February 2026 (noon)Closing date for submission of nominations
20 February (noon)Extended closing date for unfilled positions
18 MarchVoting opens
15 April (noon)Voting closes
16 AprilResults of elections declared
TBC 16-18 JuneTerms of office begin at AGM

Information you'll need to provide

  • The names, email addresses and membership numbers of your proposer and seconder: they must be resident doctors in the same Division/Devolved Nation.
  • An election address (supporting statement) of 200 words.
  • A photo to be used on election materials.
  • You'll also be asked to confirm your good standing with the GMC and with regard to College membership fees.

Submitting your nomination

Nominations must be submitted through the Civica Election Services nomination platform by noon on 6 February 2026.

You can save your nomination and return to it at a later date. If you forget to complete it, we'll send you a reminder when the deadline is approaching.

Once you've finished your nomination, you can submit it and you'll receive email confirmation of your submission within 24 hours.

We strongly recommend that you save your nomination regularly and that you submit several hours before the deadline so that any technical issues can be rectified before nominations close.

Please read our canvassing code which sets out the rules on canvassing during elections.

All resident doctors (both PMPTs and Members) who are members of the Division or Devolved Nation are eligible to vote in PRDC elections.

If you're eligible to vote (please check eligibility section above), you'll automatically be included in the electorate.

The email address that you have registered with us as your default will be given to Civica Election Services, who'll send you an email with a link to the voting site.

Each link is unique so can’t be shared with others and the voting site can’t be found through a search engine. If you're having issues with your ballot email or you're eligible but haven't received the email, please contact elections@rcpsych.ac.uk.

Further questions

If you have a question about a PRDC job role, such as term of office, frequency of meetings etc., please contact the training and workforce team on prdcsupport@rcpsych.ac.uk.

For any other questions about elections that have not been answered here, please contact the elections team on elections@rcpsych.ac.uk.

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