The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has a dedicated communications team.
If you are a member of the media and you would like more information about the College and its work, or you would like to make a request to speak to one of our spokespeople, please contact the team via communications@rcem.ac.uk
We kindly ask you do not contact our spokespeople directly as they are all busy working Emergency Medicine clinicians and may not be in a position to respond.
Please contact the communications team and we will respond to you as soon as possible.
The communications team’s office hours are 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday. But we are also contactable outside of these time for urgent media enquiries.
If you do want to contact us out of hours, please use the same email – communications@rcem.ac.uk – which is monitored closely by the communications team member on call, and we will respond promptly.
If you are interested in our latest analysis of NHS performance data, please visit our Data and Statistics page where you will find information and graphs. Please feel free to use these images in your coverage attributing them to RCEM.
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.
The Reality of Mental Health Emergencies in ED
Mark Buchanan, Chair of RCEM’s Mental Health Sub Committee. 15.05.26 The Chair of RCEM’s Mental Health Sub Committee, Mark Buchanan, explains what patients are facing when they arrive at Emergency Departments
Seeing It from the Other Side – My Experience as a Trauma Patient
13.05.26 By Dr Rhodri Morgan‑Smith, Emergency Medicine clinician Content note: this blog describes acute trauma, pain, and emergency treatment. Some clinical abbreviations and technical terms are
Half of medium- and high-risk mental health patients in A&E not properly observed throughout their stay, new RCEM report reveals
11/05/2026 – Around half of higher-risk mental health patients in Emergency Departments were not properly observed during their stay last year.
Across the board – four, eight and 12 hour waits – were the worst on record for the month of March in Scotland’s Emergency Departments
05/05/26 – Emergency Departments across Scotland are under ‘relentless pressure’ that is simply ‘not sustainable’.
Wes Streeting renews corridor care pledge during RCEM annual conference
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.
HRH The Princess Royal addresses first ever RCEM annual conference
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.
RCEM looks to the future of Emergency Medicine at inaugural annual conference
26/04/2026 – The future of Emergency Medicine is bright and clinicians must continue to be “loud and proud” about what they do.
“Utterly horrifying” state of Northern Ireland A&Es revealed as 2026 so far has seen the worst waiting times EVER recorded
23/04/2026 – The Northern Ireland Executive must immediately take action or more lives will be lost to the Emergency Care crisis.
The month of March saw three times as many people waiting 12 hours or more than nine years ago: RCEM
23/04/26 – In March, across EDs in Wales, 10,931 patients waited more than 12 hours.
RCEM launches GreenED in Australia and New Zealand to cut the environmental impact of Emergency Departments, reduce costs and improve patient care
22/04/26 – It comes after nine EDs in New South Wales, Australia, have achieved Bronze through the GreenED International pilot programme.
Deaths caused by long ED waits more than doubled in 5 years, new RCEM analysis suggests
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.
Minor, incentive-driven improvements in A&E performance ‘no cause for celebration’ says Royal College of Emergency Medicine
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.
Applications to National Clinical Impact Awards 2026 now open
16/04/2026 – Emergency Medicine consultants still have time to apply for the National Clinical Impact Awards (NCIA) 2026 with applications closing 20 May.
Urgent Treatment Centre plans ‘not the answer’ to end ‘shameful’ corridor care, but efforts on improving ownership of the problem within Trusts welcome
12/04/2026 – New urgent treatment centres will do little to nothing in tackling and eradicating the national shame that is corridor care.
RCEM responds to HSSIB report on legislative gaps affecting people in mental health crisis in ED
09/04/09 – The HSSIB has released an interim report titled mental health crisis care: legislative challenges in ED