23/10/2025 – Hundreds of patients waiting more than two days in Northern Ireland’s Emergency Departments for an inpatient bed has been described by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine as ‘cruel and undignified’.

23/10/2025 – Emergency Departments across Wales are on track to endure yet another ‘incredibly tough winter’.

21/10/2025 – Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, has thanked Emergency Medicine staff for their vital work looking after patients in need of care.

20/10/2025 – RCEM Vice President for Northern Ireland, Dr Michael Perry, responds to the Northern Ireland’s Executive’s Winter Preparedness Plan 2025/26, which was released last week.

RCEM President Dr Ian Higginson responds to the Royal College of Physicians’ corridor care survey, which was published today (20 October).

Plans to prepare Wales’ Emergency Departments (EDs) for winter are welcome, but must go further as departments continue to be swamped, says the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

Politicians must show they’re serious about tackling the crisis in Scottish A&Es, as new analysis from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine suggests that we are heading towards yet another winter of chaos.

In response to the competition ratios for the 2025 speciality recruitment round published by NHS England last week (18 September 2025) Dean of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Professor Simon Carley said: “These figures give a clear indication of the scale of the challenge facing resident doctors choosing their

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine will today reveal that there were more than 800 deaths associated with long A&E waits before admission in Scotland last year.

19 September 2025 The NHS winter planning letter is a missed chance to make good on promises to prioritise Emergency Care, and to curb dangerous long waits for patients, says the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM). Today (19 September 2025), NHS England published its ‘Winter Letter’, entitled ‘Building on

The dire state of emergency care must be at the top of the government’s agenda, says the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) as new polling suggests ED waiting times are among the public’s biggest worries.

12/09/25 – It comes after 122,557 patients endured a wait of 12 hours or more last month to be admitted, discharged or transferred In August.