We are the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Based in the UK, we are responsible for setting standards of training, administering examinations and awarding Fellowship and Membership of the College as well as supporting Post Graduate Doctors in Training to qualify in the specialty of Emergency Medicine.
The College works to ensure high quality patient care by setting and monitoring standards. We provide expert guidance and advice on health policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine and advocate and influence policy makers and politicians on behalf of our members and the wider specialty.
We are the membership body for more than 12,000 Emergency Medicine clinicians in the UK and across the world, and work to support them to have sustainable and satisfying careers.
We are proud to be supported by our Royal Patron, Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal.
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At RCEM our members are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to represent them and support the work they do for their patients, not just in the UK, but around the world. We offer a range of membership options which are tailored to suit and cater for EM specialists whatever their career path. To find out all about our membership option visit our member pages via the link below. If you are already a member, you can also log in to our excusive Member Portal from these pages.
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As the Wales government announces a multimillion-pound package to reduce elective waiting lists, the RCEM has warned they must also focus on extreme l...
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Small improvements in A&E performance are hard to celebrate when almost one in 10 patients endured an extreme stay in England’s Emergency Departments ...
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The College has opened its annual QIP Topic Competition, inviting members to submit ideas which aim to enhance the care of patients attending A&E.
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A new plan aimed at improving emergency care in England has been described as both ‘good and bad’ by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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RCEM’s Advanced Clinical Practitioner forum has welcomed two new co-chairs, following the end of Ashleigh Lowther’s term as ACP Chair.
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New data detailing A&E performance in Scotland reveals that long waiting times in the country’s EDs and the issue of delayed discharges remain signifi...
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College officers attend Royal Garden Parties in celebration year.
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Effective advocacy and influencing by RCEM has resulted in the creation of dozens of new EM consultant roles in Northern Ireland.
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The College’s EMSAS Doctor's forum is proud to launch a practical and comprehensive guide to support the Emergency Medicine SAS workforce.
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Gordon Miles, RCEM's CEO, writes about sexual safety in EM in response to the GMC’s 2024 National Training Survey findings.
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The significant impact of extreme waiting times that patients are enduring in A&E was highlighted by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine at the la...
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Extreme waiting times in Welsh Emergency Departments (EDs) remain consistently high and are putting vulnerable patients at risk of significant harm.
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New analysis by the RCEM reveals that there were more than 16,600 deaths associated with long A&E waits before admission in England last year.
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After enduring another challenging winter, Scotland’s Programme for Government has failed to deliver a tangible plan to address the emergency care cri...
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And shockingly, the older a person is, the more likely they are to experience a long stay in the ED - new data from RCEM reveals.
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The new programme comes after a partnership agreement between RCEM and ESEP.
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RCEM responds to Heath Foundation NHS Winter Pressures assessment.
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RCEM responds to HSSIB report on impact of NHS staff fatigue on patient safety.
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RCEM’s new Professor is determined to 'embed' research into every Emergency Department throughout the country.
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More than a thousand people so far this year have been stranded for two days or more in Northern Ireland’s Emergency Departments while waiting for a b...
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RCEM responds to AACE data which reveals more than 22,500 ambulance staff were assaulted in 24/25.
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A new report from the College reveals patients who are suicidal or who have self-harmed spent on average nearly 11 hours in A&E last year.
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RCEM has been debating the level of public response to give regarding the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
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“Interesting” A&E data from last month (March 2025) indicates methods intended to improve performance are failing to significantly address the biggest...
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RCEM President, Dr Adrian Boyle, responds to the government's measures to tackle violence against healthcare staff.
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RCEM is launching a flagship conference, set to take place at the ICC, Birmingham from 28 – 30 April 2026.
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New report from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine reveals patients aren’t always getting ‘time critical’ medication when they should.
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It comes as NHS England released its final weekly winter ‘situation report’ figures today.
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Politicians must make addressing the Emergency Care crisis a political priority as new research reveals that public satisfaction in A&E services has r...
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RCEM has asked ‘where are the tangible plans for Emergency Care’ after Scotland’s A&Es experienced the worst February on record for performance.
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Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, has commemorated the 10th anniversary of the College ...
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When will the waiting end? That is the question being posed by RCEM as new data shows the winter crisis in England’s A&Es continues.
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In this RCEM Blog, the first Kenyan to join RCEM's Global Observer Fellowship scheme shares his experience of Emergency Medicine in the NHS.
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RCEM responds to Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Review.
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RCEM President Dr Adrian Boyle's response to the government’s Spring Statement.
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Every Emergency Department in Wales is caring for people in corridors new data from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has revealed.
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Spring may have spung but for overstretched Emergency Departments ‘winter’ is not over.
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In this RCEM Blog, an Emergency Physician with ADHD shares the challenges and insights gained from his diagnosis.
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Patient care must remain the priority as the government embarks on abolishing NHS England over the next two years.
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Dr Sarah Edwards writes about female empowerment in an International Women's Day RCEM blog.
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Norovirus cases are still heaping pressure on our health system and leaving Emergency Clinicians struggling to admit patients due to lack of ward spac...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is pleased to announce a new partnership with Surpass Assessment, a leader in computer-based testing, to deliv...
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As Scotland’s hospitals experienced the second worst January on record for A&E performance, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has told the gover...
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After two years of advocacy to improve UEC, Dr John-Paul (JP) Loughrey has stepped down from the role of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Vic...
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New guidance about Tiers of working have been issued by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has described the continuing seasonal pressure being experienced in England’s A&Es as like a ‘perpetual’ winte...
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Today, 26 February 2025, the Royal College of Physicians has published the result of a snap survey of its members focusing on the prevalence of so cal...
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Responding to the resignation of NHS England CEO Amanda Prichard, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Dr Adrian Boyle said: “Leading ...
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Northern Ireland’s Emergency Departments are battered and bruised after new data revealed 2024 saw the country’s worst year, quarter and month ever re...
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An RCEM partnership advancing postgraduate emergency medical education in Ghana has been extended.
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A new APPG has been formed to examine the issue related to emergency care, and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine is delighted to have been appoi...
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There has been no respite for embattled emergency clinicians as rising numbers of norovirus cases means seasonal pressures continue.
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Patients, clinicians, and politicians’ united calls to improve urgent and emergency care in Wales must be heeded by the Senedd as the latest data reve...
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Resident doctors are the future of healthcare and deserve the highest quality training.
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RCEM analysis of the latest Scottish ED performance data reveals that the number of people experiencing stays of longer than 12hrs in Scotland’s Emerg...
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Heath leaders must act to reduce dangerous and unacceptable 12-hour pre-admission A&E stays as new data reveals last month saw the highest number of t...
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A ‘harrowing’ new report which sees patients sharing their experiences of attending Welsh Emergency Departments should galvanise the Welsh Government ...
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As new data shows that hospitals are running dangerously close to capacity, and with thousands of people each day remaining in hospital when they coul...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is looking to recruit a new Chairperson to lead its Sustainable Working Practices (SWP) Committee.
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The British Medical Journal Group and RCEM are seeking an ambitious and dynamic Editor-in-Chief for the Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ).
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RCEM responds to the government’s ‘mandate for the NHS’ and NHSE planning guidance.
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Details of what the government intends to do to ‘future proof’ the NHS against further A&E winter crises cannot come soon enough as extreme seasonal p...
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As new data reveals the mounting issues facing the health service in Wales, RCEM has urged the Government there not to neglect Urgent and Emergency Ca...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has joined calls to reform the Urgent and Emergency Care system’ as it asserts the NHS ‘got the winter ...
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Dr Ian Higginson, who is currently one of the College’s Vice Presidents, will take over from Dr Adrian Boyle in the autumn.
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Comprehensive new statistical analysis of the link between long stays in A&E and the associated risk of dying, confirms the huge threat to life the is...
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“The inability to discharge patients who are well enough to go home but can’t be due to the lack of appropriate social care is having a detrimental kn...
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“How is it fair to tell someone they are dying in a corridor?”
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A survey has found fewer than one in 10 emergency doctors feel confident they could evacuate their A&Es in a crisis, because they are routinely too fu...
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With patients at risk of harm due to spending days in Emergency Departments and health care professionals left in tears due to winter pressures, the R...
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Emergency Departments in Scotland are struggling against the combined pressures of extreme weather and a rise in hospital admissions from flu.
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A rise in violence against ambulance staff, who are on the frontline to care for and help others in their time of urgent need, is ‘abhorrent, deplorab...
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An increase in flu hospitalisations is causing severe pressure in already overstretched Emergency Departments.
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In a Q&A by the College, Dr (Surg Lt Cdr) Laura Cottey, a Royal Navy ST4 in Emergency Medicine, shares her journey of excellence and innovation in tra...
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Leading Emergency Medicine clinicians are urging parents and carers to be extra cautious with toys containing water beads, button batteries and super ...
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Year-on-year, there are four times as many people who have been hospitalised for flu so far in December 2024.
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The Welsh government must ‘listen to those on the frontline’ of emergency care as health board issues capacity warning.
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Dr Jayne McLaren, Emergency Medicine Consultant at NHS Ayrshire and Arran, has been elected as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s new Vice Chai...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has hit back at health service guidance detailing how patients can be ‘safely’ treated in corridors describing...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine says it is ‘deeply concerned’ about the lack of political attention on the pressure facing Urgent and Emergenc...
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While a boost in funding to improve healthcare in Wales is a move in the right direction, the Draft Budget released this week lacks significant detail...
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Responding to Health Secretary Wes Streeting's comments to trust leaders this morning regarding "critical" A&E situation Dr Adrian Boyle, President of...
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The process to appoint the new President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine gets underway on Monday 9 December 2024 when the nomination window...
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The Government’s ‘Plan for Change’ has failed to deliver a plan and significant change to future-proof Emergency Medicine which is facing one of the m...
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“What is detailed should serve as a call to action for all Emergency Department (ED) clinicians"
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Today’s budget released by the Scottish government is a “step in the right direction” but comes too late to ease the winter crisis already hitting som...
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Ashleigh Lowther is RCEM’s ACP Chair and an Advanced Clinical Practitioner specialising in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Care. She has the important ...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has joined calls for the Scottish government to address ‘delayed hospital discharges’ in the upcoming budget a...
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Following the success of its first GreenED accreditations, RCEM has released details for EDs so they can begin joining its Spring 2025 cohort.
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Voting for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s next Vice Chair Scotland opens tomorrow (4 November 2024).
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Emergency Medicine clinicians in Wales feel like they are getting the cold shoulder from the Welsh Government as the weather worsens and their concern...
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The Care Quality Commission's released the results of their survey about people’s care and treatment experiences in UEC.
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Almost nine out of 10 UK A&E clinicians said they aren’t confident that their departments will cope well this winter.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has described the significant spike in the number of people waiting 12 hours or more in Emergency Departments ...
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League tables to compare hospital performance could take away focus from deeper systemic issues affecting Urgent and Emergency Care.
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"This plan is described as one of ‘winter preparedness’. We are in winter. And already our Emergency Departments are experiencing huge demand, which w...
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Emergency Departments registering for RCEM's QIPs will have a new Quality Improvement Portal in 2025 to enhance their experiences.
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Extremely long and dangerous wait times should serve as a ‘chilling warning’ to the Scottish government that the country’s Emergency Departments are o...
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Today’s budget represents a good first step on the road to rebuilding the NHS but Emergency Department staff and patients are still facing a very blea...
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Emergency Medicine Consultant Edward Chinwendu Oforka has shared a short biography of his background and career achievements so far for Black History ...
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The government’s pre-budget health funding announcement offers little reassurance to Emergency Clinicians or their patients' ahead of what could be 'm...
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ED Consultant Cyriacus has shared the story of his background and Emergency Medicine career achievements so far for Black History Month.
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Responding to the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) State of Care report 2023/24, Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Med...
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The Welsh government must prioritise reducing Emergency Department waiting times alongside specialty waiting lists.
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The Northern Ireland Executive must act now to avoid a ‘disastrous winter’ for patients seeking care in the country’s A&Es, the Royal College of Emerg...
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In response to the analysis from the Liberal Democrats showing more than one million patients waited 12 hours or more in A&E this year, Dr Ian Higgins...
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As the government announces its public consultation on the long-term future of the NHS, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned it not to l...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has joined the call for action to address “systemic issues across UK healthcare” following a report into inequ...
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New fees for services provided by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine have been agreed for 2025, with a new formula put in place...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at its Annual Scientific Conference at the Glasshouse in Gateshead
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Associate Medical Director Dr Janos Baombe has shared the story of his background and career achievements so far for Black History Month.
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We were honoured to welcome our Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal on the third and final day of RCEM’s ASC which highlighted the importanc...
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Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal addressed more than 300 delegates at RCEM’s Annual Sci...
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As winter looms, and with many Emergency Departments already experiencing unsustainable pressure, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has urged NH...
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Day two of RCEM’s ASC was filled with inspiration – from considering where the specialty was born to seeing the next generation of Emergency Medics pr...
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An emphasis on the pivotal findings of Lord Darzi’s review began RCEM's Annual Scientific Conference.
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The Scottish government is ‘not doing enough’ to prevent another winter crisis in A&Es, as overcrowding continues to make delivering safe care ‘a chal...
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Rena, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the Emergency Department, has shared her perspective during Black History Month.
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The Scottish government must heed the 'alarms bells' as new A&E data suggests another very challenging winter ahead.
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It includes updates from RCEM’s regional and national boards as well as from the many specialist committees and special interest groups within the Col...
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The scale of the mountain the government must climb to resuscitate the emergency care system and 'fix' what is 'broken’ has been laid bare with the re...
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In response to the General Medical Council (GMC’s) release today (Thursday 26 September 2024) of resources to support survivors of sexual misconduct b...
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The first hospital EDs in the country to become accredited for environmental sustainability have received certifications from RCEM.
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RCEM’s VP for Scotland Dr John-Paul Loughrey said: “It is immensely disappointing that this plan does not place adequate emphasis on addressing what i...
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The Welsh Government must come up with a plan to address the extreme demands being experienced by the country’s Emergency Departments – with some alre...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has welcomed the Liberal Democrats’ call to ‘make the NHS winterproof’ as the colder months loom.
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‘Seasons Greetings’ RCEM tells MPs as A&Es hit by ‘winter demand’ all year round.
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The Urgent and Emergency Care system is stuck in ‘survival mode.’
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Members’ experiences and views about the challenges they face in the NHS were represented as part of the College’s submission to the national Darzi re...
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The Government has today become the first to accept and acknowledge the dangerous and unacceptable risks of patients waiting extreme lengths of time i...
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In response to Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the performance of the NHS in England, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of The Royal College of E...
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Curbing sky rocketing A&E waiting times must be the number one priority for the Scottish government with winter just around the corner.
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Dr James Gagg is RCEM’s Vice President Treasurer. He has the important job of keeping the College’s finances in check and representing the members and...
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RCEM is recruiting volunteer team members to a project aiming to improve patients’ experience of receiving pain relief in the Emergency Departments.
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The new First Minister of Wales must take urgent action to address long waits in Emergency Departments before an inevitable winter spike in demand.
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We have to get better at involving and supporting inpatients to leave hospital as soon as they are able to.
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The latest shocking A&E performance data for Northern Ireland must be a catalyst for change.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has today (Tuesday 13 August 2024) launched an online learning programme to support emergency medicine ...
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The government must take urgent action to increase A&E capacity ahead of winter.
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In response to the findings of the General Medical Council’s survey The state of medical education and practice in the UK: Workplace experiences 2024,...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has announced a host of materials to support members as it updates and streamlines the eligibility requ...
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This is the response from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) as data shows one in nine people waited eight hours or more in Scottish A&Es ...
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The Autumn ACP credentialing application window is open for ACPs submitting a first application or full resubmission on the 2017 curriculum.
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We strongly denounce the recent shocking Islamophobic and racist disorder being committed in the UK.
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An RCEM interactive global health map to connect projects is gathering pace.
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'Real opportunity to stop people becoming victims of knife crime’ emphasised by RCEM President Dr Adrian Boyle in a BBC documentary.
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RCEM describes survey findings showing that doctors training in EM report the highest rate of burnout across all specialties as “upsetting but not sur...
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The Dr Salma Hussain EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) Impact Award will be given annually in honour of Salma (Sally) Hussain who was an A&E registr...
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Vital free learning resources ‘empowering healthcare and homelessness support worker collaboration’ is being backed by RCEM.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has called for the next First Minister of Wales to prioritise Emergency Care as people continue to suff...
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Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said: “We welcome the planned improvements to the NHS outlined in the King...
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It won’t be quick, but we are ready to work with the new government to ‘fix’ broken healthcare system. This is the response from RCEM as the new Labou...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has congratulated the Labour Party on winning the General Election and urged them to act immediately to addres...
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A RCEM project aiming to improve the care of older people in emergency departments has found “room for improvement” nationally.
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James Folan, RCEM’s eLearning Manager, explains the new features of the RCEMLearning website that will help you on your journey through studying and p...
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RCEMLearning, the e-learning platform of RCEM, has a new Guidelines resource and has launched a survey to collect feedback from users
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This is the response from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Scotland as the latest Emergency Department performance data reveals that one...
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For individuals that have demonstrated evidence of excellence in emergency care or humanitarian activities within low- and/ or middle-income countries...
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Gareth Davies, Head of Membership at RCEM writes a blog and looks to the future to encourage take up in RCEM’s current member value project
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has welcomed the announcement of two new vaccination programmes to protect against Respiratory Syncytia...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has described undercover footage filmed in a hospital A&E department as ‘shocking but not isolated’
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has described undercover footage filmed in a hospital A&E department as ‘shocking but not isolated’
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New research has revealed the ‘devastating’ reality of overcrowding in Scottish A&Es as more than half are forced to treat people in corridors.
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The response from RCEM as party manifestos fail to give much detail on urgent and emergency care in their pledges.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has agreed its position regarding Physician Associates in Emergency Medicine.
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Earlier this year the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) opened a consultation on
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Following the success of Emergency Medicine Day 2024, RCEM is celebrating its GreenED team adding their voices to the climate crisis focus of EM-Day.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is urging whoever forms the next Westminster Government to ensure the Scottish executive has sufficient fundin...
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“The next government must prioritise these things immediately. Only then will we see an end to this disgraceful, dehumanising and dangerous situation....
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“How much worse can it get?” This is the response from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) as it warns that planned budget cuts could be...
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Dr Zoe Steley, EM registrar and co-founding member of RCEM’s Environmental Specialist Interest Group (ESIG), writes an update on the trailblazing Gree...
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In celebration of Emergency Medicine Day 2024 (27 May 2024), The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has signed a treaty calling for the ‘phasi...
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Derriford ED is adopting some novel approaches to improving sustainability. Dr Daisy Stevens, GreenED lead in Plymouth explains more…
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RCEM Wales responds to latest monthly Emergency Department performance figures on the crisis being experienced
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Responding to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling a General Election on 4 July 2024, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Dr Adrian...
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Following the publication of NHS England’s updated Urgent and Emergency Recovery Plan, President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Adrian...
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Royal College responds to NHS England’s updated Delivery Plan for the Recovery of Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) services.
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A new national pathway, outlining the best practical concepts for ensuring patients with non-ambulatory fragility fractures (broken bone caused by a f...
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“This latest news detailing the uplift of medical school places is welcome. Medicine remains one of the best, rewarding – and I hope - still attractiv...
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Last month was the worst April on record when it came to the number of people forced to wait 12 hours or more in A&E and must be a catalyst for change
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A&Es in Scotland are under “constant strain” amid extended wait times and delays to patient discharge. This is the response from The Royal College of ...
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An annual competition giving all the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) members the opportunity to submit ideas for the next Quality Improve...
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Last month, a team from RCEM made a visit Ghana as part of the DHSC/THET funded Global Health Workforce Programme in partnership with the Ghana Colleg...
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Are you a member with a passion to make a difference and want to share your ideas with us?
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Are you a parent working in the NHS that would be interested in career development and support to help balance the demands work and home life?
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has described data which reveals that some elderly patients waited more than five days in A&E before be...
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Work must be done to improve discharge speed in hospitals if “dire” ED waiting times in Northern Ireland are to improve
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RCEM Wales - new statistics show patients are continuing to experience extremely long waits.
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The current state of the health service is compounded with retention problems. This is evidenced in the third in a series of research reports commissi...
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Organisational culture in Emergency Medicine (EM) has emerged as a significant contributory factor to workplace behaviour and performance, including p...
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Overcrowding and ambulance delays continue to pose “extreme challenges” for A&E staff and patients, says RCEM
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A year after the conclusion of our Exams Internal Reviews, we would like to share an update of the work...
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It is difficult to celebrate slight improvements as patients and staff bear the brunt of long waits says RCEM.
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New analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine reveals that there were almost 300 deaths a week associated with long A&E waits in 2023
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This is the response from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) following the release of new NHS Planning Guidance.
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Overcrowding in hospitals and a lack of social care options are adding to ambulance delays, says The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM.)
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Whilst triage times have improved, mental and physical assessments must happen quicker to reduce the risk of absconding.
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The College has issued the following statement regarding the situation in the Middle East.
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The immense pressures permeating though the health care system this winter are still apparent with hospitals in England remaining ‘dangerously’ full.
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Collaboration and support are required to reduce “distressingly” long waits in Welsh Emergency Departments.
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A book which presents important need-to-know information for all those involved in treating patients in an emergency setting has just been updated and...
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The Welsh Government has today announced that all Emergency Departments in Wales will take part in RCEM’s GreenED sustainability programme.
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The government must focus on reducing the longest A&E wait times, instead of “celebrating small improvements.”
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Planned funding allocation for healthcare is ‘a drop in the ocean’ says RCEM.
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Responding to the national NHS Staff Survey results published today, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (6 March 2024) unveiled the Government’s Spring Budget.
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A census of Emergency Medicine workers in Northern Ireland carried out by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), has revealed there are just ...
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A national programme aimed at standardising the data gather by Emergency Departments (EDs) to help tackle violence, and reduce people needing to atten...
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New data released today for Scotland reveals January was the worst month on record for people waiting to be seen in A&E
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Burnt out medical staff are working in dangerously overcrowded hospitals and the government must take urgent action to address it.
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Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), HRH The Princess Royal has today (28 February 2024) paid tribute to those working in Emergen...
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Infection control standards in A&E departments have fallen significantly since the pandemic according to new research...
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We are delighted that The College of Paramedics has been granted the Charter of Incorporation...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is seeking the views of its members regarding the role and scope of Emergency Medicine Physician Associates
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The government must act urgently to reduce overcrowding...
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The long-term deterioration of A&E standards rather than small monthly improvements must be the focus
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Dr JP Loughrey, Royal College of Emergency Medicine Vice President for Scotland responds
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Delivering ‘Excellence in Emergency Care’ – that’s the aim the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has set out in its new corporate strategy.
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A&E staff are continuing to face 'relentless pressure' as latest data shows no sign of winter crisis abating
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has described the pressure facing A&E staff in Northern Ireland as “unsurmountable” as the latest performance ...
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New data released by NHS England shows that A&E department started the year under immense pressure and there is no sign of improvement.
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As the newly reconvened Northern Ireland Executive gets back to business, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has called for it to put Resu...
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The Somerset town of Taunton, once again, is providing the Royal College of Emergency Medicine with stellar and esteemed representatives.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Scotland has urged the country’s Government to take urgent action to Resuscitate Emergency Care.
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Additional seasonal pressures are pushing the NHS to the brink warns The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).
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On the anniversary of the publication of NHS England and the Government’s Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan the Royal College of Emergency Medic...
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The RCEM has welcomed the increase in hospital beds achieved by NHS England but has warned there is still much more to do to ensure that the health sy...
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Professor Matt Reed sets out his aims as the new Chair of RCEM’s Research Committee and shares his Emergency Medicine story.
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QECC has continued to thrive thanks to the dedication and enthusiasm of its members and has been active in producing guidance as well as safety bullet...
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The team has also continued long-standing collaborations with key international partners.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has updated its guidance for Emergency Department crowding in response to the increasing threat to timely emer...
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Emergency Department (ED) crowding represents the greatest threat to the timely delivery of emergency care in the UK and across the world.
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The RCEM has said that the Welsh Government ‘have let patients down’ by failing to publish a winter plan, as latest data show one in seven patients fa...
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This statement is a follow up to the joint statement issued in 2019 by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and the Society for Acute Medici...
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Latest data show that hospital bed occupancy remains at unsafe levels (93.5%) as one in nine patients faced 12 hour waits in A&Es in December in Engla...
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A new study from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and University of Bath has found the safe delivery of emergency care is now under seri...
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...to see the detrimental and damaging cultures in some Emergency Departments eradicated.
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Latest data show that dangerous long waits are on the rise as more than one in three patients faced a four-hour wait in Scotland’s A&Es in November 20...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has called on the Welsh Government to take urgent action to combat winter pressures, as new data shows one out...
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With dangerous and unacceptable hospital occupancy levels of more than 95% there is the real risk that patients will find no room at the Inn this Chri...
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We are delighted to release the RCEM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Calendar for 2024.
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We must not normalise crisis or celebrate small improvements – our patients and our members deserve more.
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The College would like to welcome Dr Rob Perry, Emergency Medicine Consultant at Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, to ...
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Latest data show more than one in 20 patients attending A&Es in Scotland faced a 12-hour wait in October, as RCEM Scotland describes the data as “deep...
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Since the outbreak of the current conflict in the Middle East the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has recognised the horror facing all those affec...
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This week saw a major festival celebrated by Sikhs across the world – the date of Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Gurpurab (birth).
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has again urged the Welsh Government to publish a winter plan, as it warns ‘a failure to act will put patient ...
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RCEM has described today’s Autumn Statement as a 'missed opportunity’, amid significant bed shortages ahead of winter.
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RCEM has described a new report revealing a culture of systematic and institutional sexism as ‘shocking’ and ‘deeply saddening’ stating “this toxic cu...
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New joint report by leading health organisations highlights that lessons must be learned from the emergency care crisis in 2022, concluding ‘too many ...
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EMSAS members have decided their new Chair after two weeks of campaigning by Dr Brittliff and Dr Qureshi.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has called on the Government to make additional funding available urgently as NHS leaders admit they ma...
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Dr Anukiran Ravichandran (Kiran), from our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, writes about the significance of Diwali.
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Latest data show almost one in nine patients faced 12 hour waits in A&Es in England in October, as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine warns “this...
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Today His Majesty King Charles III delivered an historic and inaugural King’s speech, in the State Opening of Parliament.
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Latest data show that more than 4,000 patients faced 12-hour delays in Scottish A&Es as RCEM calls on the Scottish government to increase bed numbers ...
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A doctor with a life-changing illness is behind a new RCEM QIP on Time Critical Medications for safer A&E visits.
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The RCEM has said “our patients deserve better” as the latest A&E performance figures for Northern Ireland show one in six patients faced a 12 hour wa...
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RCEM's members get the opportunity to have their say in the upcoming EMSAS Chair election.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has described a new report by MPs as laying out the ‘the damning reality of emergency care’.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has urged the Welsh Government to ‘publish a comprehensive winter plan’
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A guide to Breach Exemptions and how they impact official Welsh A&E attendance and waiting time data
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The RCEM says a ‘system-wide approach’ is essential to save a health and social care system itself in need of intensive care and has called on the gov...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has forced the Welsh Government to admit it has been misrepresenting the extent of waiting times in the...
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New pricing structures for different aspects of the College’s services are being introduced.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that a failure to tackle long waits in A&E could lead to a ‘devastating repeat of last year’ when a...
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The winter plan published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland has been described as “disappointing” by the Royal College of Emergency Medicin...
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RCEM will be celebrating SAS Week from 9 to 13 October by sharing and praising the great efforts of the entire specialty.
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More than 10 times as many people waited over 12 hours in Scottish A&Es in August 2023 than in August 2019 – an increase branded ‘dangerous and shamef...
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Members of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine have voted to increase the College’s annual subscription rates...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine held its Annual General Meeting this evening (26 September 2023) at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow...
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The document provides a detailed summary of the work of the college during the year.
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24 Hours in A&E - no longer just a TV show, a shameful reality for hundreds of thousands of people
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New data show the significant effect of continual and increasing pressure faced by the emergency care system in England, as the Royal College of Emerg...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that ‘a catastrophic winter may lie ahead’ as the latest Welsh A&E data show that extreme pressures...
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'Everything must be done to ensure our members and their patients do not experience the same again this winter', RCEM says
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New data which shows more people experienced long waits in Welsh A&Es last month has been described as ‘deeply worrying’ by the Royal College of Emerg...
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The General Medical Council has published an update of ‘Good medical practice’ which is defined as ‘detailing the principles, values and standards of ...
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The government’s announcement of £250m funding to support the delivery of 900 hospital beds before the New Year must be backed by the staffing arrange...
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An update from Gordon Miles CEO & Romana Moss Director of Education, to set out for our membership a summary of where we are with our work to enhance ...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to the latest Emergency Department performance statistics for July 2023.
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RCEM made front page news in the Independent...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has responded to April – June 2023 Emergency Department performance data for Northern Ireland.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has responded to June 2023’s Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has called for the Northern Ireland Executive to reconvene and take meaningful action to tackle the crisis in ...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to the findings of the CQC’s National Urgent and Emergency Care Survey 2022.
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has responded to June 2023’s Emergency Department performance figures for Wales.
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An update from CEO Gordon Miles and Romana Moss, Director of Education
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to the latest Emergency Department performance statistics for June 2023. Published tod...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has called new research which details the scale of mistreatment experienced by doctors in training as ‘difficu...
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Today (4 July 2023) The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) launches GreenED; an innovative new ‘green’ accreditation framework for Emergency D...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has welcomed the announcement of a 15-year long-term NHS workforce plan...
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Responding to the result of the British Medical Association (BMA) ballot in favour of industrial action by Consultants in England, Dr Adrian Boyle, Pr...
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Today (21 June 2023) the National Audit Office (NAO) has published its ‘Access to unplanned or urgent care’ report.
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The RCEM has announced the provision of no cost membership for members on new parents’ leave...
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Reacting to the news that Junior Doctors in Scotland have rejected the Scottish Government’s 14.5% pay offer...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to May 2023’s Emergency Department performance statistics for England
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To mark the beginning of Pride the College has launched its first Diversity Calendar. This calendar highlights key EDI awareness days and weeks and bo...
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Dr Salwa Malik, Vice President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine with responsibility for membership, said:...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for April 2023 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal Colle...
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The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that further industrial action by junior doctors will be taking place between 14 and 17 June 2023....
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More than 700 new trainee Emergency Medicine doctors are needed to avert a staffing crisis in Emergency Departments - that’s according to new analysis...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has published its policy position on Environmentally Sustainable Emergency Healthcare.
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The British Medical Association has announced further industrial action by junior doctors between 7am on Wednesday 14 June 2023 and 7am on Saturday 17...
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Responding to Labour's mission to create an NHS fit for the future, as outlined by Labour leader Keir Starmer today, Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President ...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for April 2023 for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of E...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for April 2023, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal Col...
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Congratulating His Majesty The King and Her Majesty Queen Camilla, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for March 2023 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal Colle...
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Data seen by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine from the Summary Emergency Department Indicator Table (SEDIT) and NHS Benchmarking show that in E...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics for Quarter 4 (January – March 2023) published by the Department of Health Northern Ir...
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In February 2023 the Government and NHS England published its Delivery Plan for the Recovery of Urgent and Emergency Care Service...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for March 2023 for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of E...
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Commenting on the inaugural publication of 12-hour length of stay data measured from the time of arrival by NHS England for February 2023, Dr Adrian B...
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Commenting on the upcoming industrial action by junior doctors, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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An independent external review which was commissioned last year in response to an exams error which saw 50 candidates being given an incorrect pass re...
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Responding to today’s publication of The Hewitt Review: An independent review of integrated care systems by Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Dr Adrian Boyle, P...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for February 2023 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal Co...
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Commenting on the continued pressures facing the Emergency Care system across Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergenc...
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News that public satisfaction levels with the NHS and Accident and Emergency Services have fallen further is disheartening, but not at all surprising....
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for February 2023 for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College o...
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The application window for the National Clinical Impact Awards is open until 05 May 2023.
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Two UK charities are partnering with a Cambridge Emergency Medicine doctor who escaped war-torn Syria as a young medical student and is returning to h...
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Responding to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s statement in the House of Commons today outlining the government’s Spring Budget, Dr Adrian Boyle, Pre...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for February 2023, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal ...
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Responding to the latest monthly Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for January 2023, Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the ...
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The College would like to welcome Dr Russell McLaughlin, Consultant and Clinical Director in Emergency Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, to t...
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A new briefing by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, RCEM Explains: Long waits and excess deaths, reveals that in 2022 1,656,206 patients waited...
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The Association for Trainee Doctors Group issued a letter to all Royal Medical Colleges via the Academy. We responded formally to this letter.
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Commenting on the announcement by the BMA of industrial action by junior doctors, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicin...
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Responding to the Royal College of Nursing's announcement that there will be a 48-hour industrial action that includes Emergency Departments, intensiv...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for January 2023 for the South West Region, Dr James Gagg, South West Regional Chair...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for January 2023, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal C...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for December 2022 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal Co...
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Commenting on the publication of the Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services by NHS England and the Department of Health and S...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine today outlines five priorities for UK governments to tackle the crisis in Emergency Care, after polling carrie...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (October – December 2022) published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Dr P...
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Responding to the House of Lords Public Services Committee’s report Emergency Healthcare: a national emergency published today, Dr Adrian Boyle, Presi...
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A landmark survey of Emergency Medicine staff in Wales has found that there are far too few clinicians to cope with demand within the stricken health ...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for December 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal ...
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Commenting on Downing Street’s NHS Recovery Forum on Saturday 7 January and the subsequent announcement of funding for Health and Social Care, Dr Adri...
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Commenting on industrial action by nursing staff, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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Dr Sarah Honess has officially taken up the post of South East England Regional Chair for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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Dr Susie Dorrian has officially taken up the post of West Midlands Regional Chair for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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Global action required to address the hospital Emergency Department over-crowding crisis
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We together with the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, ...
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Responding to the latest weekly Emergency Department performance figures in Scotland Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of The Royal College of Eme...
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A joint statement from RCPCH, RCEM and RCGP - Three Medical Royal Colleges are issuing advice for worried parents and healthcare professionals working...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for November 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal ...
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Commenting on the announcement of strike action dates for the ambulance services by GMB, Unite and Unison, President of the Royal College of Emergency...
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Responding to news that ministers plan to ditch the metrics for Emergency Care performance outlined in the Clinical Review of Standards, President of ...
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Responding to the Autumn Statement announced yesterday in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP, President of the Ro...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medici...
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Commenting on a UK-wide investigation by the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) which found one in three junior doctors struggle to ...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for October 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal C...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (July – September 2022) published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Vice P...
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Commenting on the Scottish Government’s expansion of the Emergency Medicine workforce by opening 10 additional training places in 2023, Dr John-Paul L...
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The College would like to welcome Dr John-Paul (JP) Loughrey, Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine, Queen Elizabet...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for September 2022 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal C...
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warning demand management is not the answer to UEC crisis. Responding to the appointment of Steve Barclay MP as the Secretary of State for Health and ...
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Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s annual State of Care report, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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Responding to the General Medical Council’s report The state of medical education and practice in the UK: The Workforce report 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, ...
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On Sunday 9 October 2022 over 16,000 participants took part in the 15th anniversary of the Royal Parks Half Marathon covering 13.1 miles past London’s...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for September 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal...
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Exam dates and application windows for 2023 have now been confirmed.
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Responding to both the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for August 2022 and yesterday’s announcement by the Health Secreta...
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Dr Adrian Boyle has officially taken up the post of President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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HSIB focus group investigating diagnosis of non-accidental injuries in infants.
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RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2021
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Responding to the report by the Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross MSP at FMQs in which he said a recent FOI revealed a patient faced an 84 hou...
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Responding to a comment made by the Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Thérèse Coffey in which she stated she has no plans to ...
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A new report from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine finds that patients presenting with mental health problems are twice as likely to spend 12-h...
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Responding to the announcement by the Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Thérèse Coffey, President of the Royal College of Eme...
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The Prime Minister talks about GP appointments but Emergency Departments are in cardiac arrest...
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We are immensely saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for August 2022, President of the Royal College of Emergenc...
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The next EC-ACP Supervisor Training Day will take place on 20 September 2022.
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for the South West Region, Dr James Gagg, South West Regional Chair of The Royal Col...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland, Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice Chair of the Royal College of Emergency Me...
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This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 4 October at our Annual Scientific Conference in Belfast.
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Half of respondents said children and young people facing mental health crises arriving between 3 and 7pm experienced waits of 12-24 hours to see a sp...
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The past months have seen significant work here at the College to address the issues...
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There is currently an extremely high demand for exams places, but we are planning to expand our capacity to facilitate extra places in 2023.
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Following the high volume of interest in the Diploma Ceremony on Thursday 1 December, we have replanned the logistics to accommodate an extra 50 gradu...
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It was recently brought to our attention that there was an oversight during the data migration from the NES ePortfolio, relating to the ‘Reflective Pr...
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Responding to NHS England’s letter ‘Next steps in increasing capacity and operational resilience in urgent and emergency care ahead of winter’, Dr Adr...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for July 2022, Vice President of the Royal College of Emerg...
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The next EC-ACP Supervisor Training Day will take place on 29 September 2022.
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RCEM Careers welcomes applications from Student Societies wishing to be affiliated with the College and can then request event sponsorship. All four ...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (April – June 2022) published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Vice Presi...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine have committed to part-sponsoring places on the new Leaders Plus NHS Fellowship Programme. This innovative int...
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The College is delighted to announce the appointments of Dr Ian Higginson, Dr Jason Long, Dr Salwa Malik, and Dr Maya Naravi to roles of Vice Presiden...
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Responding to the 2022 national training survey published by The General Medical Council, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Kat...
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My name is Ashleigh Lowther, I am the incoming ACP (Advanced Care Practitioner) Chair.
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A red heat warning has been issued for the first time ever over large parts of the UK for Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 of July. There are forecasts of tem...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for June 2022, President of the Royal College of Emergency ...
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New briefing shows UEC 10-point recovery plan ‘has failed according to a new snapshot survey from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).
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The College has worked closely with Wera Hobhouse, a Liberal Democrat MP, to successfully table a debate in Parliament examining waiting times for eme...
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Due to an incident with the March 2022 FRCEM SBA results, we are implementing changes to our exam results production processes. The new enhanced check...
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RCEM Wales: The latest Emergency Department performance figures for May 2022 published by the Welsh government show:
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for the South East Coast published by NHS England for May 2022 Dr Salwa Malik, Consu...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for May 2022, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Roya...
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12-Hour Stays in the Emergency Department’ reveals that on average 1,047 patients waited 12-hours or more from their time of arrival every day in a ma...
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Congratulating HM The Queen on her Platinum Jubilee, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “The Royal...
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Closing date - 22 June 2022 (5pm)
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A new report by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Beds in the NHS’ shows that 13,000 staffed beds are required in the NHS across the UK to driv...
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Over the past five years hospital admissions for eating disorders have risen by 84%. Hospital admissions of children and adolescents for eating disord...
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On Monday 16 May, we informed 50 candidates who sat the March 2022 FRCEM SBA examination that a fault occurred with our examination system, which resu...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine recently experienced a technical fault that led to a small number of candidates being incorrectly informed tha...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (January – March 2022) published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Dr Paul...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for April 2022, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Ro...
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For the avoidance of doubt: we are aware of recent comments on social media regarding ACPs in Emergency Medicine. The Royal College of Emergency Medic...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland, Dr John Thomson, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medi...
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Together with The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) we (RCEM) have developed www.ukraineclinicalguidance.com, a website filled wit...
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RCEM has worked closely with our exam delivery partner, Pearson VUE, to introduce new booking windows for all MRCEM & FRCEM written exams.
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Responding to the Health and Care Bill, which received Royal Assent today to become the Health and Care Act 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, Vice President of t...
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RCEM’s Annual Scientific Conference is a highlight of the year for many of our members, and a lot of work goes into its planning. However, the dates ...
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Spiking is a nasty crime that can cause serious distress and harm to victims and cause lasting damage to their mental and in some cases physical healt...
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Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medici...
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Responding to the latest weekly Emergency Department performance figures in Scotland Dr John Thomson, Vice President of The Royal College of Emergency...
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Responding to publication of Urgent and Emergency Care performance figures for March 2022 by NHS England, Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President of The Roya...
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The latest regional monthly performance figures published by NHS England for March 2022 for the South East show:
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EMSAS has produced a statement on Specialist Doctor appointments in EM, the aim of which is to provide some guidance regarding job descriptions for t...
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The latest monthly Emergency Department (Major EDs) performance figures for Scotland for February 2022 show the highest proportion of attendances expe...
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On 3 April 2022, five RCEM runners were among the 12,000 runners who ran 13.1 miles around the streets of London in the fifth edition of the London La...
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We've launched #CountMeIn - our campaign to ensure we are fully representing our members - and are asking all members to fill in their demographic pro...
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The latest Winter Sitrep data for the week ending 27 March show: • There were 79,588 ambulance arrivals, 2.7% less than the previous week. • More th...
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Following stories about the use of tents outside EDs to enable ambulance offloads, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the College of Paramedi...
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The British Social Attitudes Survey by Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund found that overall satisfaction with the NHS fell to 36 per cent “an unprece...
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The latest weekly update (w/e 20 March 2022) of Emergency Department activity and waiting time statistics means one in 25 patients were waiting for 12...
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Responding to reports that AI software will be rolled out to NHS Trusts to predict daily A&E admissions Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President of the Royal ...
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Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome these reports as learning opportunities to reduce the...
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This report identifies ongoing concerns which include staffing shortages, overcrowding, workforce burnout, bullying and harassment, time to train and ...
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The latest Emergency Department performance figures for February 2022 published by the Welsh government show: • There were 56,101 attendances at majo...
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Dr. Khaled Abdul Ghaffar, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, received the work of the Minister of Health and Population and a d...
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is delighted to announce that Dr Adrian Boyle has been elected as its next President. Dr Adrian Boyle is an ...
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The latest weekly update of Emergency Department activity and waiting time statistics show that some patients were delayed by 12 hours or more, this i...
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Reacting to the tragedies unfolding in Ukraine including the attacks on medical facilities and hospitals, Gordon Miles, Chief Executive Officer of the...
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Responding to the news that members of the House of Lords have voted to require regular publication of independent assessments of current and future h...
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Commenting on changes made to the NHS Standard Contract 2022/23 in response to consultation feedback, President of the Royal college of Emergency Medi...
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The latest A&E activity and waiting times for major Emergency Departments in Scotland for January 2022 show:
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Responding to the launch of the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives national campaign #WorkWithoutFear Mrs Lisa Munro-Davies, Vice-President of ...
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The latest Emergency Department performance figures for January 2022 published by the Welsh government show: • There were 57,667 attendances to major...
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Quarterly Emergency Department performance figures published today by the Department of Health Northern Ireland show:
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The latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for January 2022 show: - There were 1,246,817 attendances at major Emerg...
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Commenting on the Secretary of State’s announcement in the House of Commons today and the ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective...
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Responding to the Health Foundation’s report ‘Public perceptions of the NHS and social care: performance, policy and expectations’, Dr Katherine Hende...
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Voting for one of three candidates for College President is now open. Vote before 25 February.
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The latest Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report 2021-22 for the week ending 30 January 2022 shows:
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The latest A&E activity and waiting times for major Emergency Departments in Scotland for December 2021 show:
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Commenting on the latest Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report 2021-22 that shows nearly one third of patients who were in hospital for 21 ...
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The latest Emergency Department performance figures for December 2021 published by the Welsh government show: • There were 57,761 attendances to majo...
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The latest weekly update of Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland show: - There were 21,163 attendances at A&E services in NHS Scotla...
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Responding to the latest article in the Emergency Medicine Journal ‘Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and ...
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The FRCEM OSCE was held online, 17-28 May 2021, the fourth time the exam had been delivered virtually.
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The latest Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Reports 2021-22 for week ending 2 January 2022 show:
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Responding to the report by the Health and Social Care Committee, ‘Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic’, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of ...
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The latest A&E activity and waiting times for major Emergency Departments in Scotland for November 2021 show:
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This year we have two categories - the Research Essay Prize and the Quality Improvement Essay Prize. Find out more here.
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In this month's guest blog, EMTA Committee Chair talks about the importance of trainees giving feedback in the annual EMTA survey.
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