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RCEM responds to the medical competition ratios for 2025
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 specialty.
This is my first message as President
23/09/2025 – Dr Ian Higginson first message as RCEM President
Without government action, the cost will continue to be measured in lives’ – 800 excess deaths associated to long A&E waits in Scotland last year
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.
Little to suggest this winter will be any different from the last – RCEM responds to NHSE CEO’s ‘Winter Letter’
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
Emergency care must be at the top of the agenda after new polling, RCEM says
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.
World Patient Safety Day
15/09/25 – World Patient Safety Day, with this year’s theme focused on ensuring safe and high-quality care for every newborn and child.
RCEM ‘deeply concerned’ for winter season ahead after unrelenting summer in England’s A&Es
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.
New RCEM President takes office
Friday 12 September 2025 The new President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has formally taken office. Dr Ian Higginson was handed leadership
Prepare A&Es for winter now, says RCEM Scotland, as no respite in sight
As a dire winter for Scotland’s A&Es looms, new analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine shows that too many people are enduring extremely long waits.
New Poster Makes Entrustment Levels Easy to Understand
28/08/25 “Entrustment levels are essential—but they don’t have to be confusing.” That’s the message behind a new RCEM educational poster and video designed to support
Northern Ireland’s Emergency Care system in ‘critical condition’ says RCEM
28/08/2025 – Latest Emergency Department performance figures for the country show seasonal 12-hour waits hit record high – with people waiting ‘days’ for an inpatient bed.
Summer surge must be ‘huge wake up call’ for Welsh government as winter looms
21/08/25 – The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Wales responds as 12 hour ED waits hit 2025 high.
‘If this is summer, what will winter be like?’: England’s EDs experience second worse July on record for 12 hour waits
14/08/25 – The government must heed the alarm bells ahead of winter as Emergency Departments across England experience substantial pressure over summer.
‘Shocking and shameful’: 51,400 older people endured dangerous 12 hour waits in Scotland’s A&Es last year
New analysis from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine reveals record numbers of extreme long waits older patients in 2024.
‘Emergency Medicine clinicians are struggling to do the one thing they came into medicine to do – provide care’
07/08/2025 – RCEM responds to GMC workplace experiences survey 2025.
Number of people facing extreme waits in Scotland’s A&E ‘unacceptable and dangerous’ – RCEM
05/08/2025 – Number of people facing extreme waits in Scotland’s A&E ‘unacceptable and dangerous’