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.
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RCEM to fund places on Fellowship to support working parents in the NHS
Are you a parent working in the NHS that would be interested in career development and support to help balance the demands work and home life?
Older people forced to wait over five days in A&E a national scandal
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has described data which reveals that some elderly patients waited more than five days in A&E before being admitted as a ‘national shame’.
‘Urgent change’ needed to tackle worst waiting times on record
Work must be done to improve discharge speed in hospitals if “dire” ED waiting times in Northern Ireland are to improve
Issues in Welsh EDs must be at the top of the new First Minister’s agenda
RCEM Wales – new statistics show patients are continuing to experience extremely long waits.
GMC findings another red flag for Government
The current state of the health service is compounded with retention problems. This is evidenced in the third in a series of research reports commissioned by
Organisational Culture in the Emergency Department
Organisational culture in Emergency Medicine (EM) has emerged as a significant contributory factor to workplace behaviour and performance, including patient outcomes, and patient and staff experience.
‘The system has to change’ as staff and patients continue to suffer due to overcrowding
Overcrowding and ambulance delays continue to pose “extreme challenges” for A&E staff and patients, says RCEM
College Exams Transformation Project Update
A year after the conclusion of our Exams Internal Reviews, we would like to share an update of the work…
‘Difficult to celebrate slight improvements’ as patients face extended A&E waits
It is difficult to celebrate slight improvements as patients and staff bear the brunt of long waits says RCEM.
Almost 300 deaths a week in 2023 associated with long A&E waits despite UEC Recovery Plan
New analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine reveals that there were almost 300 deaths a week associated with long A&E waits in 2023
Reducing high bed occupancy figures ‘critically important’ for future of Emergency Care, says RCEM
This is the response from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) following the release of new NHS Planning Guidance.
Excessive ambulance delays impacting patients and staff
Overcrowding in hospitals and a lack of social care options are adding to ambulance delays, says The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM.)
Overwhelmed EDs are struggling to meet the needs of patients who are suicidal or self-harming
Whilst triage times have improved, mental and physical assessments must happen quicker to reduce the risk of absconding.
RCEM Statement on the Middle East situation
The College has issued the following statement regarding the situation in the Middle East.
Hospital bed occupancy rates remain ‘dangerously’ high
The immense pressures permeating though the health care system this winter are still apparent with hospitals in England remaining ‘dangerously’ full.
