
RCEM responds to appointment of James Murray as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
15/05/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome James Murray to the role of Secretary of State.

15/05/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome James Murray to the role of Secretary of State.

11/05/2026 – Around half of higher-risk mental health patients in Emergency Departments were not properly observed during their stay last year.

05/05/26 – Emergency Departments across Scotland are under ‘relentless pressure’ that is simply ‘not sustainable’.

30/04/2026 – Corridor care should never be tolerated in Emergency Departments, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting has told the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) members.

29/04/2026 – As Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, has thanked all those in Emergency Medicine for their service.

26/04/2026 – The future of Emergency Medicine is bright and clinicians must continue to be “loud and proud” about what they do.

23/04/2026 – The Northern Ireland Executive must immediately take action or more lives will be lost to the Emergency Care crisis.

23/04/26 – In March, across EDs in Wales, 10,931 patients waited more than 12 hours.

22/04/26 – It comes after nine EDs in New South Wales, Australia, have achieved Bronze through the GreenED International pilot programme.

17/04/2026 – Northern Irish policymakers must address the “catastrophe” unfolding in EDs, as the estimated number of people who may have died due to long Emergency Department waits more than doubled in five years.

16/04/2026 – NHS England’s incentives scheme aimed at improving A&E performance has missed the mark, though the slight reductions in waiting times are welcome.

12/04/2026 – New urgent treatment centres will do little to nothing in tackling and eradicating the national shame that is corridor care.