RCEM responds to the government’s ‘mandate for the NHS’ and NHSE planning guidance Thursday 30 January 2025 New missives from the Department of Health and NHS England provide little ‘guidance’ as to how the most dangerous and shameful issues facing Emergency Departments – corridor care and excessive pre-admission waits – are going to

Thursday 23 January 2025 As new data reveals the mounting issues facing the health service in Wales, RCEM has urged the Government there not to neglect Urgent and Emergency Care. Performance data for the NHS in Wales – published today (23 January 2025) shows that there are serious issues across the

Thursday 23 January 2025 Details of what the government intends to do to ‘future proof’ the NHS against further A&E winter crises cannot come soon enough as extreme seasonal pressure continues. That’s the message from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) as new data from NHS England revealed that

Wednesday 21 January 2025 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has joined calls to reform the Urgent and Emergency Care system’ as it asserts the NHS ‘got the winter it prepared for’. A set of recommendations have been published today – Wednesday 22 January 2025, in a joint statement co-signed

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’