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Call on Government for additional funding to increase bed numbers

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has called on the Government to make additional funding available urgently as NHS leaders admit they may not be able to increase winter bed capacity simply because they do not have enough money.

The start of another difficult winter and we don’t have the beds

Latest data show almost one in nine patients faced 12 hour waits in A&Es in England in October, as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine warns “this is the start of another extremely difficult winter, and we don’t have the beds that we desperately need.”

RCEM response to King’s speech and the Government’s health agenda

Today His Majesty King Charles III delivered an historic and inaugural King’s speech, in the State Opening of Parliament.

RCEM Scotland calls for urgent increase in beds warning of ‘devastating winter’

Latest data show that more than 4,000 patients faced 12-hour delays in Scottish A&Es as RCEM calls on the Scottish government to increase bed numbers and avoid ‘devastating winter’.

‘Patients deserve better’ as one in six patients face 12 hour waits

The RCEM has said “our patients deserve better” as the latest A&E performance figures for Northern Ireland show one in six patients faced a 12 hour wait in A&E between July and September 2023.

MPs lay out ‘the damning reality of emergency care’ in new report, RCEM says

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has described a new report by MPs as laying out the ‘the damning reality of emergency care’.

Calls for the Welsh Government to ‘publish a comprehensive winter plan’

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has urged the Welsh Government to ‘publish a comprehensive winter plan’

Failure to tackle waits could lead to ‘devastating repeat of last year’

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that a failure to tackle long waits in A&E could lead to a ‘devastating repeat of last year’ when almost 400,000 patients waited 24 hours or more in A&E.

Winter plan ‘not enough to prepare the emergency care system for tough winter ahead’

The winter plan published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland has been described as “disappointing” by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

Huge increase in extreme A&E waits ‘dangerous and shameful’

More than 10 times as many people waited over 12 hours in Scottish A&Es in August 2023 than in August 2019 – an increase branded ‘dangerous and shameful’ by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

The figure has been calculated using data published today (3 October 2023) by Public

RCEM warns ‘The emergency care system is under severe pressure’

New data show the significant effect of continual and increasing pressure faced by the emergency care system in England, as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine states ‘the emergency care system is under severe pressure’.

‘A catastrophic winter may lie ahead of us’ RCEM Wales warns

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that ‘a catastrophic winter may lie ahead’ as the latest Welsh A&E data show that extreme pressures are already being experienced.