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 teamâs office hours are 9am â 5pm, Monday to Friday. But we are also contactable outside of these time for urgent media enquiries.
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RCEM responds to the Royal College of Nursing’s ‘Bracing for Winter’ report
03/12/2025 – Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, responds to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report âBracing for Winterâ.
Scottish government must act now to avoid a âtruly ugly winterâ, RCEM Scotland says as 12-hour waits in EDs joint worst on record for October
02/12/2025 – The Scottish government must take urgent action on overcrowding and delayed discharges, or Emergency Departments (EDs) in Scotland will be completely swamped â and patients will be the ones who suffer.
RCEM responds to new A&E waiting times analysis by the Liberal Democrats
02/12/2025 – Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, responds to new analysis of Emergency Department (ED) waiting times by the Liberal Democrat Party.
RCEM welcomes the GMCâs report into the UK medical workforce
27/11/25 – Vice President of RCEM, Maya Naravi, responds to the General Medical Council’s state of medical education and practice in the UK: workforce report 2025.
âPatients on trolleys in Emergency Department corridors have been forgottenâ â RCEM responds to governmentâs Autumn Budget
27/11/25 – The government has taken some positive steps to bolster the NHS today â but the Autumn Budget doesnât offer anything to address extremely long waiting times and so called âcorridor careâ in Emergency Departments.
RCEM publishes updated Promoting Excellence in Emergency Medicine Training guidanceÂ
The Royal College of Emergency Medicineâs Training Standards Committee (TSC) has published the updated Promoting Excellence in Emergency Medicine Training guidance, setting out clear and practical standards to support high-quality training environments across the UK.
‘A failure to act means more people will be left to grieve the loss of a loved oneâ – Over 900 excess deaths associated with long A&E waits in Wales last year
25/11/25 – It comes as RCEM publishes it’s political manifesto ahead of next year’s election in Wales.
“Dismayingâ: RCEM Wales demands action following worst October on record for A&E waitsÂ
21/11/25 – The latest performance data showed 10,493 people waited more than 12 hours before being admitted, discharged or transferred last month.
Registrations now open for EDs to participate in RCEMâs Quality Improvement ProgrammeÂ
19/11/2025 – Type 1 EDs can apply to take part in up to three different areas of research to drive action to improve the quality of Emergency Care in the UK.
RCEM welcomes ÂŁ20 million investment to tackle Scotlandâs challenging winter ahead
14/11/2025 – RCEM also responds to further winter plans announced by the Scottish government
RCEM supports Academy call to protect and promote clinical research across the NHSÂ
17/11/2025 – The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) strongly supports the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Academic Leads Committee (AALC) Position Statement on Clinical Research
âItâs a political failureâ: Englandâs EDs experience second worst October on record for 12 hour waits
13/11/2025 – RCEM says NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care must focus on reducing the longest and most dangerous waits as Emergency Departments head into the depths of winter.
Statement on Resident Doctorsâ industrial action
Resident Doctors in England will be striking between 14-19 November 2025.
âA national shameâ: Research reveals devastating reality of so called âcorridor careâ
10/11/2025 – Almost one in five patients in Emergency Departments were being cared for in trolleys or chairs in corridors in England this summer, with so-called ‘corridor care’ leaving people feeling âforgotten and vulnerableâ.
RCEM and Marie Curie UK research grant to improve end of life care in Emergency Departments
06/11/2025 – The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has partnered with the UKâs leading end of life charity, Marie Curie, to fund a grant for new research aimed at improving the delivery of palliative and end of life care in Emergency Departments.
New film promotes a specialty to be proud of | Annual Conference 2026
https://youtu.be/qEvb_DgCLZE âThis is the place for emergency medicineâ features real people working in emergency departments in Coventry and Manchester. Commissioned by the Royal College of