RCEM responds to new ONS research into deaths linked to long A&E stays Friday 17 January 2025 Comprehensive new statistical analysis of the link between long stays in A&E and the associated risk of dying, confirms the huge threat to life the issue creates – and must be a catalyst

16 January 2025 Responding to NHSE’s latest weekly winter ‘situation report’, which covers 6 – 12 January 2025, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said, “Hospitals are concerningly inching closer towards capacity as winter continues to grip the health system. “The inability to discharge patients who are

“How is it fair to tell someone they are dying in a corridor?” A couple told their miscarriage care options in a crowded corridor. An elderly person with dementia being changed next to a vending machine. Nurses in tears. Just a few examples of the daily reality of NHS nursing

Sunday 12 January 2025 A survey has found fewer than one in 10 emergency doctors feel confident they could evacuate their A&Es in a crisis, because they are routinely too full. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has described the research as “sobering proof that that the Urgent and

9 January 2025 With patients at risk of harm due to spending days in Emergency Departments and health care professionals left in tears due to winter pressures, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has asked ‘how has this been allowed to happen again?’ In the past few days, up to

7 January 2025  A rise in violence against ambulance staff, who are on the frontline to care for and help others in their time of urgent need, is ‘abhorrent, deplorable and a violation of the respect they deserve’.   That’s the message from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in response

Tuesday 7 January 2025 Emergency Departments in Scotland are struggling against the combined pressures of extreme weather and a rise in hospital admissions from flu. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has described the country’s health service as being “in the depth of a winter crisis” as Scotland braces itself

Friday 3 January 2025 An increase in flu hospitalisations is causing severe pressure in already overstretched Emergency Departments. This is the message from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine as NHS England data shows hospitalisations due to flu quadrupled ahead of New Year. The latest NHS England winter ‘situation reports’

19 December 2024 Year-on-year, there are four times as many people who have been hospitalised for flu so far in December 2024. And Emergency Medicine clinicians are still waiting for the government to act to mitigate the winter crisis in their A&Es as the pressure facing Urgent and Emergency Care

Monday 23 December 2024 Leading Emergency Medicine clinicians are urging parents and carers to be extra cautious with toys containing water beads, button batteries and super strong magnets this festive season. Doctors are warning these gifts could pose a danger to children and vulnerable adults if swallowed. The guidance, issued

Thursday 19 December 2024 The Welsh government must ‘listen to those on the frontline’ of emergency care as health board issues capacity warning. This is the call from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) as data shows more than one in seven people waited 12 hours or longer in

Monday 16 December 2024 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has hit back at health service guidance detailing how patients can be ‘safely’ treated in corridors describing it as a “normalisation of the unacceptable and dangerous”. The RCEM Position Statement on NHS guidance for ‘providing care in temporary escalation spaces’