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It won’t be quick, but we are ready to work with the new government to ‘fix’ broken healthcare system.
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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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An RCEM project aiming to improve the care of older people in emergency departments has found “room for improvement” nationally.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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An opportunity to hear from RCEM President Adrian Boyle on the latest clinical updates and medical challenges.
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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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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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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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5.15 pm on Tuesday 26 September 2023 as part of our Annual Scientific Conference in Glasgow.
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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 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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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to the latest Emergency Department performance statistics for July 2023.
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RCEM is seeking a new Quality Improvement Fellow to support the development of our National QI Programme
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An opportunity to hear from RCEM President Adrian Boyle on the latest clinical updates and medical challenges.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brighton, Friday 24 June 2022
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Closing date - 22 June 2022 (5pm)
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An RCEM Safety Flash - What is it and what do we do?
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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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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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RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2020
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