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.
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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.
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Reducing distressingly long wait times will be ‘huge mountain to climb’
Collaboration and support are required to reduce “distressingly” long waits in Welsh Emergency Departments.
Vital Book for Emergency Medicine
A book which presents important need-to-know information for all those involved in treating patients in an emergency setting has just been updated and re-published.
Welsh Government commits to RCEM’s GreenED programme
The Welsh Government has today announced that all Emergency Departments in Wales will take part in RCEM’s GreenED sustainability programme.
A&E performance improvements “difficult to celebrate” as one in nine people wait 12 hours or more
The government must focus on reducing the longest A&E wait times, instead of “celebrating small improvements.”
10,000 bed deficit in England’s major hospitals
Planned funding allocation for healthcare is ‘a drop in the ocean’ says RCEM.
Feeling vulnerable should never be considered ‘part of the job’
Responding to the national NHS Staff Survey results published today, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
Royal College of Emergency Medicine responds to the Spring Budget
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (6 March 2024) unveiled the Government’s Spring Budget.
Northern Ireland has just half the A&E consultant doctors it should, RCEM research reveals
A census of Emergency Medicine workers in Northern Ireland carried out by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), has revealed there are just half the recommended number of Emergency Medicine consultants currently in place.
National programme will help EDs fight violence with data
A national programme aimed at standardising the data gather by Emergency Departments (EDs) to help tackle violence, and reduce people needing to attend A&Es, has been launched
Patient waiting times hit all time high in Scotland
New data released today for Scotland reveals January was the worst month on record for people waiting to be seen in A&E
Urgent action needed as hospitals ‘fit to burst’, says RCEM
Burnt out medical staff are working in dangerously overcrowded hospitals and the government must take urgent action to address it.
HRH The Princess Royal underlines the need for more doctors during speech at EMTA Conference
Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), HRH The Princess Royal has today (28 February 2024) paid tribute to those working in Emergency Medicine and acknowledged the unprecedented pressures they face.
Staff and patients at risk as A&E infection control measures worsen since pandemic
Infection control standards in A&E departments have fallen significantly since the pandemic according to new research…
Statement as The College of Paramedics is granted the Charter of Incorporation
We are delighted that The College of Paramedics has been granted the Charter of Incorporation…
RCEM consulting members on Emergency Medicine Physician Associates
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is seeking the views of its members regarding the role and scope of Emergency Medicine Physician Associates
NHS crisis continues as hospital bed numbers near capacity
The government must act urgently to reduce overcrowding…
