Corridor care data welcome but accuracy and action are essential
11/06/2026 – Newly-published data on corridor care is a welcome sign that a national scandal is being taken seriously – but data alone will not make a difference to patient care.
RCEM responds to calls for a national respect campaign to support NHS staff
10/06/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, responds to the NHS Alliance’s calls for a campaign on respect for NHS staff.
‘How many deaths will it take before we see a meaningful plan to end the crisis?’: Deaths associated with long ED waits surge almost tenfold over a decade
08/06/2026 – The estimated number of deaths linked to long waits in Emergency Departments across England has surged almost tenfold over the past decade.
RCEM Responds to Lord Mann report into antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS
04/06/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, RCEM President, responds to Lord Mann report.
Parkinson’s and diabetes patients only received half of their live-saving medications in A&E last year
03/06/2026 – Too many patients are missing out on their life-saving prescription drugs, or being given them late, in Emergency Departments – and hospital overcrowding is making the problem worse.
‘Concrete action’ on A&E overcrowding in Scotland needed as waiting time records broken yet again
02/06/2026 – The newly re-elected Scottish Government must show that it is serious about tackling overcrowding in Emergency Departments – as A&E waiting time records continue to be broken.
RCEM collaboration starts work to build UK and Ireland-wide picture of anaesthesia practices in Emergency Departments
01/06/2026 – A UK and Ireland-wide survey aimed at capturing data on regional anaesthesia practice, and its complications, in Emergency Departments has opened today (1 June 2026).
‘Extremely dangerous’ A&E overcrowding in Northern Ireland made worse by ambulance offload policy, new survey reveals
More than half of Emergency Department 28/05/26 – Clinical Leads in Northern Ireland believe a new ambulance handover policy is increasing overcrowding in A&Es – a situation RCEM says is ‘extremely dangerous’.
‘The new Welsh Government has a mountain to climb’ on Emergency Departments, says Royal College of Emergency Medicine as thousands waiting 12 hours in A&E
21/05/2026 – Record-busting waiting times, thousands of patients stuck for more than 12 hours – and people coming to harm.
RCEM responds to RCN analysis showing children in mental health crisis waiting as long as three days in EDs for specialist bed
20/05/2026 – The data also showed, since 2019, around half a million children and young people attended ED in a mental health crisis.
RCEM and Marie Curie UK announce funding of two crucial palliative care research projects
21/05/2026- The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and Marie Curie are pleased to announce the award of two research grants, worth a total of over £30,000, to research projects aimed at improving palliative and end of life care in Emergency Departments.
RCEM responds to RCN data showing ‘surge’ in racist abuse towards nursing staff
19/05/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, RCEM President, said: “These figures reflect what we are hearing, anecdotally, from our own members in Emergency Departments.
RCEM responds to appointment of James Murray as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
15/05/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome James Murray to the role of Secretary of State.
Half of medium- and high-risk mental health patients in A&E not properly observed throughout their stay, new RCEM report reveals
11/05/2026 – Around half of higher-risk mental health patients in Emergency Departments were not properly observed during their stay last year.
Across the board – four, eight and 12 hour waits – were the worst on record for the month of March in Scotland’s Emergency Departments
05/05/26 – Emergency Departments across Scotland are under ‘relentless pressure’ that is simply ‘not sustainable’.
Wes Streeting renews corridor care pledge during RCEM annual conference
30/04/2026 – Corridor care should never be tolerated in Emergency Departments, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting has told the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) members.