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.
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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.
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