Dr Allan Johnston MBBS, MRCPsych, Cert.Med.Ed(IU) is a consultant psychiatrist with the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, working at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and a world leading Sports Psychiatrist at Spire Leeds Hospital working with professional athletes, dance artists, Premiership and Football League managers and coaches.
The Group is managed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Johnston was the appointed Deputy Chair with a focus on co-coordinating training programs until July 2020.
[4] He provides medical care and supports the mental wellbeing of all athletes in preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
In February 2020 Johnston welcomed a representative of Prince William and The Royal Foundation to Burnley F.C.
In October 2020 Johnston was appointed Sports Psychiatrist to English Football League Team Rochdale A.F.C.
as the first Sports Psychiatrist to work in EFL Football League One[7] In his NHS role, Johnston chaired the Derbyshire Suicide Prevention Strategy Group 2013-2018[8] and led a range of innovations in the region including the development of the regional strategy, a greater involvement of service users in co-producing their own care and chairing Suicide Prevention conferences and World Suicide Prevention Day initiatives.