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Welsh Government must not neglect UEC as pressures mounts across the countryâs NHS
Thursday 23 January 2025 As new data reveals the mounting issues facing the health service in Wales, RCEM has urged the Government there not to
As A&E seasonal crisis continues RCEM urges government to start work now to ensure there is no repeat next winter
Thursday 23 January 2025 Details of what the government intends to do to âfuture proofâ the NHS against further A&E winter crises cannot come soon
RCEM joins calls to reform âdisjointedâ Emergency Care system
Wednesday 21 January 2025 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has joined calls to reform the Urgent and Emergency Care systemâ as it asserts
RCEM announces next President
Friday 17 January 2025 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has appointed its next President. Dr Ian Higginson, who is currently one of the Collegeâs
âThere must be a point where we go beyond analysis and accept that this is a serious problem that needs urgent political actionâ
RCEM responds to new ONS research into deaths linked to long A&E stays Friday 17 January 2025 Comprehensive new statistical analysis of the link between
Hospitals nearing capacity as winter pressures continue
16 January 2025 Responding to NHSEâs latest weekly winter âsituation reportâ, which covers 6 â 12 January 2025, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College
âThis must be a watershed momentâ RCEM responds to âharrowingâ RCN corridor care report
âHow is it fair to tell someone they are dying in a corridor?â A couple told their miscarriage care options in a crowded corridor. An
Emergency Departments âtoo crowdedâ to cope with a disaster
Sunday 12 January 2025 A survey has found fewer than one in 10 emergency doctors feel confident they could evacuate their A&Es in a crisis,
âHow has this been allowed to happen again?â: RCEM demands answers as winter crisis deepens
9 January 2025 With patients at risk of harm due to spending days in Emergency Departments and health care professionals left in tears due to
Increase in reported violence against ambulance staff âabhorrent and unacceptableâ â RCEM
7 January 2025 A rise in violence against ambulance staff, who are on the frontline to care for and help others in their time of
A&Es âin crisisâ amid winter freeze and flu admission surge
Tuesday 7 January 2025 Emergency Departments in Scotland are struggling against the combined pressures of extreme weather and a rise in hospital admissions from flu.
Dr Jayne McLaren elected as Vice Chair Scotland
19 December 2024 Dr Jayne McLaren, Emergency Medicine Consultant at NHS Ayrshire and Arran, has been elected as the Royal College of Emergency Medicineâs new
RCEM Presidential Election process begins next week
Friday 6 December 2024 The process to appoint the new President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine gets underway on Monday 9 December 2024
Flu surge causing severe pressure in Emergency Departments
Friday 3 January 2025 An increase in flu hospitalisations is causing severe pressure in already overstretched Emergency Departments. This is the message from The Royal
(Q&A) Trailblazing in Trauma: Dr Laura Cotteyâs Path to Excellence in Emergency Medicine
Friday 3 January 2025 Dr (Surg Lt Cdr) Laura Cottey, an accomplished Royal Navy ST4 in Emergency Medicine (EM) working in the Peninsula Deanery was
Winter bearing down on EDs amid lack of political action to tackle crisis
19 December 2024 Year-on-year, there are four times as many people who have been hospitalised for flu so far in December 2024. And Emergency Medicine