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.

Tackling A&E waiting times must be top priority for Scottish government
Curbing sky rocketing A&E waiting times must be the number one priority for the Scottish government with winter just around the corner.

Being VP Treasurer is a privilege – I have a foot in both camps
Dr James Gagg is RCEM’s Vice President Treasurer. He has the important job of keeping the College’s finances in check and representing the members and business of RCEM

Team members needed for national project to improve delivery of pain relief
RCEM is recruiting volunteer team members to a project aiming to improve patients’ experience of receiving pain relief in the Emergency Departments.

Wales’ new First Minister must tackle long waits in Emergency Departments ahead of winter
The new First Minister of Wales must take urgent action to address long waits in Emergency Departments before an inevitable winter spike in demand.

“We have to get better” – RCEM responds to CQC report on inpatient experiences
We have to get better at involving and supporting inpatients to leave hospital as soon as they are able to.

Northern Ireland’s shocking A&E performance figures must be the catalyst for change
The latest shocking A&E performance data for Northern Ireland must be a catalyst for change.

RCEM launches training to support beginners in medical research into academic careers
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has today (Tuesday 13 August 2024) launched an online learning programme to support emergency medicine professionals who are new to the field of research into early academic careers.

Busy summer for A&Es is a ‘warning’ for government
The government must take urgent action to increase A&E capacity ahead of winter.

RCEM responds to GMC workplace experiences survey
In response to the findings of the General Medical Council’s survey The state of medical education and practice in the UK: Workplace experiences 2024, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said: “This report detailing the extent of burnout among doctors is sobering reading, though sadly not surprising.

RCEM streamlines exam application process
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has announced a host of materials to support members as it updates and streamlines the eligibility requirements, without comprising standards, for sitting exams.

Improving A&E waiting times needs to be UK-wide effort
This is the response from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) as data shows one in nine people waited eight hours or more in Scottish A&Es in June.

ACP Credentialing Autumn 2024 Opens
The Autumn ACP credentialing application window is open for ACPs submitting a first application or full resubmission on the 2017 curriculum.

College condemns disorder
We strongly denounce the recent shocking Islamophobic and racist disorder being committed in the UK.

Putting global health projects on the map
An RCEM interactive global health map to connect projects is gathering pace.

Prevention is better than cure – RCEM tells BBC how lives are being saved by data rather than doctors
‘Real opportunity to stop people becoming victims of knife crime’ emphasised by RCEM President Dr Adrian Boyle in a BBC documentary.

GMC National Training Survey findings could exacerbate retention problems in EM
RCEM describes survey findings showing that doctors training in EM report the highest rate of burnout across all specialties as “upsetting but not surprising”.