We work to ensure high quality care for patients by setting and monitoring standards of care in emergency departments, as well as providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.
Resuscitating Emergency Care Events Calendar
The College is established to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. The College is responsible for setting standards of training and administering examinations in Emergency Medicine for the award of Fellowship and Membership of the College as well as recommending trainees for CCT in Emergency Medicine. The College works to ensure high quality care by setting and monitoring standards of care, and providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.
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Kaizen is a platform that allows RCEM members with the appropriate category, to create a learning record that provides actual evidence of achievement.
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The College’s Membership and Fellowship examinations are a key component of the programme of assessment in Emergency Medicine.
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Annual Scientific Conference | 26 - 28 September 2023. Book your place for the Annual Scientific Conference, taking place as a face-to-face event at the SEC Glasgow, with online elements for those who wish to attend virtually.
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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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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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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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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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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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The application window for the National Clinical Impact Awards is open until 05 May 2023.
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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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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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We’re looking for a GPEMS Steering Group member. You will be involved in steering group meetings, writing guidelines, editing and working with other m...
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RCEM's 2022 Winter Appeal raised funds supporting our partners, Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU), in their relief work following the devastating im...
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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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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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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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Exam dates and application windows for 2023 have now been confirmed.
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HSIB focus group investigating diagnosis of non-accidental injuries in infants.
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This information sheet, put together with the College of Paramedics, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, and the British Association for Immedi...
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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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The next EC-ACP Supervisor Training Day will take place on 20 September 2022.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Closing date - 22 June 2022 (5pm)
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Guidance as for any case suspected or confirmed.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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This report identifies ongoing concerns which include staffing shortages, overcrowding, workforce burnout, bullying and harassment, time to train and ...
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Healthcare workers and healthcare facilities in Ukraine must be protected.
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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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Voting for one of three candidates for College President is now open. Vote before 25 February.
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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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Dr Katherine Henderson’s term in office as President comes to an end at the AGM in the autumn of 2022, and as such we are now seeking nominations for ...
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Dr Asif Malik has been appointed as East Midlands Regional Chair for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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We are launching our Winter Appeal today to support our Emergency Medicine colleagues in Uganda, who urgently need support.
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Dr James Gagg has been appointed as South West Regional Chair for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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