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.
Corridor care data welcome but accuracy and action are essential
11/06/2026 – Newly-published data on corridor care is a welcome sign that a national scandal is being taken seriously – but data alone will not make a difference to patient care.
How to create a GreenED: Lessons from Royal North Shore Hospital in New South Wales, Australia
The ED at Royal North Shore Hospital in New South Wales, Australia, took part in RCEM’s GreenED International pilot programme and was one of nine sites to achieve a Bronze award.
RCEM responds to calls for a national respect campaign to support NHS staff
10/06/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, responds to the NHS Alliance’s calls for a campaign on respect for NHS staff.
What Pride Means to Me
09.06.26 By Mike Hill, Emergency Medicine Consultant, Royal Navy Surgeon Commander, RCEM’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair, Royal Navy Enabled Network Chair and LGBT
‘How many deaths will it take before we see a meaningful plan to end the crisis?’: Deaths associated with long ED waits surge almost tenfold over a decade
08/06/2026 – The estimated number of deaths linked to long waits in Emergency Departments across England has surged almost tenfold over the past decade.
RCEM Responds to Lord Mann report into antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS
04/06/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, RCEM President, responds to Lord Mann report.
Reusable tourniquets and reduced kidney dish use: Wyong Hospital’s GreenED International Bronze award highlights
The ED at Wyong Hospital in New South Wales, Australia, took part in RCEM’s GreenED International pilot programme and was one of nine sites to achieve a Bronze award.
Parkinson’s and diabetes patients only received half of their live-saving medications in A&E last year
03/06/2026 – Too many patients are missing out on their life-saving prescription drugs, or being given them late, in Emergency Departments – and hospital overcrowding is making the problem worse.
‘Concrete action’ on A&E overcrowding in Scotland needed as waiting time records broken yet again
02/06/2026 – The newly re-elected Scottish Government must show that it is serious about tackling overcrowding in Emergency Departments – as A&E waiting time records continue to be broken.
RCEM collaboration starts work to build UK and Ireland-wide picture of anaesthesia practices in Emergency Departments
01/06/2026 – A UK and Ireland-wide survey aimed at capturing data on regional anaesthesia practice, and its complications, in Emergency Departments has opened today (1 June 2026).
‘Extremely dangerous’ A&E overcrowding in Northern Ireland made worse by ambulance offload policy, new survey reveals
More than half of Emergency Department 28/05/26 – Clinical Leads in Northern Ireland believe a new ambulance handover policy is increasing overcrowding in A&Es – a situation RCEM says is ‘extremely dangerous’.
More Than Just Saving Carbon: How GreenED Built Community at Prince of Wales Hospital in New South Wales, Australia
The ED at Prince of Wales Hospital in New South Wales, Australia, took part in RCEM’s GreenED International pilot programme and was one of nine sites to achieve Bronze.
Using education to connect with the global emergency medicine community – my experience in Libya and a limited prehospital environment
Emergency Medicine Support Center staff gathering outside a hospital in Libya 26.05.2026 By Dr Hamdan Hilan, Emergency Medicine Physician, Libya. I want this to inspire
‘The new Welsh Government has a mountain to climb’ on Emergency Departments, says Royal College of Emergency Medicine as thousands waiting 12 hours in A&E
21/05/2026 – Record-busting waiting times, thousands of patients stuck for more than 12 hours – and people coming to harm.
RCEM responds to RCN analysis showing children in mental health crisis waiting as long as three days in EDs for specialist bed
20/05/2026 – The data also showed, since 2019, around half a million children and young people attended ED in a mental health crisis.
RCEM and Marie Curie UK announce funding of two crucial palliative care research projects
21/05/2026- The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and Marie Curie are pleased to announce the award of two research grants, worth a total of over £30,000, to research projects aimed at improving palliative and end of life care in Emergency Departments.