Double delight for Dr Annabel Price as Royal College of Psychiatrists honours her with two awards
Dr Annabel Price, consultant psychiatrist at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, has scooped two honours at the Royal College of Psychiatrists annual awards.
In a day-to-remember for Annabel, she was awarded a prestigious President’s Medal before being named Psychiatrist of the Year at a ceremony in London.
She said: “I am delighted and humbled. I knew in advance that I was going to receive a President’s Medal and because of that, I thought there was no way I would also win Psychiatrist of the Year, so when my name was called it was a lovely surprise.” 
Annabel works in CPFT's psychiatric liaison service which provides mental health care and treatment for patients admitted to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. She specialises in palliative care and the care of older people.
One of nine colleagues from across the country to be recognised by the Royal College’s out-going president Dr Lade Smith, Annabel (right) was honoured for her work as the college’s lead on assisted dying.
During the debate around proposals to legalise assistant dying in England and Wales — which were defeated in parliament in September — Annabel provided clinical insight and evidence to a series of parliamentary committees.
Paying tribute to Annabel’s work, Dr Smith (pictured, presenting Annabel with her award) said: “She put forward the viewpoint of the college so well and so ably in parliament at the highest levels, and what she did was show people that psychiatrists are clever, thoughtful, sensible people.”
In her acceptance speech Annabel said: “I have been really happy to hear throughout all of these awards that mental health at the end of life is something that we are really thinking about. When I started in psychiatry very few people were involved and now it’s really growing and that’s great.
“The assisted dying work, while I found myself in the spotlight, was very much a group effort. The Assisted Dying Working Group was a really thoughtful group with a range of ideas and views about assisted dying but all wanting to serve the people who need our care.”
The RCPsych Awards celebrate the best teams and individuals working in mental health care.
In awarding her with the Psychiatrist of the Year prize, the judges noted Annabel’s “exceptional impact through national leadership on the Assisted Dying Bill, pioneering clinical ethics, and compassionate palliative and liaison psychiatry”.
They continued: “Her commitment to equality and integrating mental and physical healthcare makes her an outstanding role model for the profession.”
Accepting her award from Professor Victoria Tzortziou Brown, President of the Royal College of GPs, Annabel thanked colleague, Professor Graham Murray, consultant psychiatrist at CPFT and professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, for nominating her.
She said: “I work with dear friends – we are lucky to have a group of colleagues who have worked together for many years.
“I have had a wonderful career and have had wonderful mentors, friends and trainers and I stand on the shoulders of all of those people.”
Annabel began her psychiatry training in 2003 at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatry in 2006 before joining CPFT in 2013.
As well as being the lead for CPFT’s Clinical Ethics Advisory Group, she is also associate specialist director for palliative care at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health.
CPFT provides community physical health services for older people and adults with long-term conditions, mental health services, children’s community services, social care and learning disability services.
The Trust is also renowned for its research and development work and, in June 2025, was awarded Teaching Partner status by the University of Cambridge.
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