Summer provides no respite for over-stretched Emergency Departments 20th June 2024 The days of the summer months providing busy Emergency Departments with some respite are long gone as the latest performance figures for Welsh A&Es reveals continuing high levels of demand. That’s the response of the Royal College of Emergency
New research has revealed the ‘devastating’ reality of overcrowding in Scottish A&Es as more than half are forced to treat people in corridors.
The response from RCEM as party manifestos fail to give much detail on urgent and emergency care in their pledges.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is urging whoever forms the next Westminster Government to ensure the Scottish executive has sufficient funding for Emergency Medicine as the country’s A&E crisis continues.
RCEM Wales responds to latest monthly Emergency Department performance figures on the crisis being experienced
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 Boyle, said: “Now we have a date for the election it is more important than ever that all political parties lay out clearly what they
Royal College responds to NHS England’s updated Delivery Plan for the Recovery of Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) services.
“This latest news detailing the uplift of medical school places is welcome. Medicine remains one of the best, rewarding – and I hope – still attractive careers.
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
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 Emergency Medicine (RCEM) as new Scottish National Party leader John Swinney lists the NHS as being among his “focus” points in power.
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 being admitted as a ‘national shame’.
Work must be done to improve discharge speed in hospitals if “dire” ED waiting times in Northern Ireland are to improve
