Benefits

For the purposes of subscriptions, the College defines retired members as ‘members who are retired from NHS work and do not have a licence to practice’.

If they continue to revalidate and therefore equip themselves for employment they will continue to pay the normal membership subscriptions even if they have retired from their full time NHS post. If income from medical practice is less than the lower income rate (£35K) then there is a 50% reduction available for these members.

Those members who has ceased to revalidate and are therefore ineligible to continue to work as a medical practitioner may choose one of the following retired fellow options:

(a) An annual reduced fee as a retired Fellow or
(b) Pay a single ‘one-off’ life Fellowship fee.

Either of these choices would have an optional EMJ subscription of £78.00 per annum in addition to the membership subscription.

It will be necessary for you to seek guidance from the GMC on how to remain as a specialist in your field.

• Quick Guide to membership Rights and Privileges
• Career Progression in Emergency Medicine
• Membership Benefits
• Code of Conduct 2020

Every year a diploma ceremony is held on the first Thursday of December to recognise and celebrate the achievements of those doctors who have passed the FRCEM and the MRCEM and those ACPs who have recently credentialed. Invites will be sent to all eligible graduands in the summer before the ceremony, where graduands will have the opportunity to book for themselves and their guests. Please note, guest numbers may be restricted due to venue capacity but all key information regarding this will be included within the initial invite.

The next ceremony is due to be held on Thursday 2 December in London at Central Hall Westminster. Those doctors who passed their FRCEM or MRCEM, and those ACPs who credentialed between 1 June 2019 and 31 May 2020 will be eligible attend. If you passed your exams or credentialed after this time, you will be invited to the next ceremony.