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RCEM launches its next Quality Improvement Project on the Management of Paracetamol Overdoses
22/01/2026 – The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has announced its next Quality Improvement Project (QIP), with applications to join the Topic Team now open.
“Older people deserve better than this” – RCEM responds to new Age UK figures on corridor care and trolley waits in Emergency Departments
21/01/2026 – RCEM President Dr Ian Higginson responds to Age UK’s new analysis of trolley waits and so-called ‘corridor care’ in English Emergency Departments.
England’s EDs in a state of ‘desperation, frustration and exhaustion’ as winter pressures pummel the system
15/01/2026 – Emergency Departments across England are running on ‘desperation, frustration and exhaustion’ as they struggle to cope with additional pressure on the system because of winter.
Nurses’ corridor care testimonies ‘distressing, damning’: RCEM
15/01/2026 – The Royal College of Nursing has published testimonies from more than 430 nurses around the UK on the state of corridor care.
RCEM responds to Scottish government’s 2026-27 budget announcement
13/01/2026 – RCEM Vice President for Scotland Dr Fiona Hunter said: “Scottish Emergency Departments are in the midst of a crisis born of political apathy towards tackling the difficult problems of social care capacity, delayed discharges and the overall issue of hospital flow.
RCEM welcomes Liberal Democrats’ call to end 12 hour waits in EDs
13/01/26 – The Liberal Democrats have revealed a £1.5 billion plan to end long waits for a hospital bed by making 6,000 extra hospital beds available.
RCEM members’ New Year Honours
Professor Redmond Professor Fletcher Dr Walker RCEM members’ work has been recognised in the New Year Honours List for 2026 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has
Emergency Departments rammed as winter pressures skyrocket after Christmas dip
08/01/2026 – The ease in pressure on Emergency Departments (EDs) over the festive period must be replicated throughout the year in order to get the hospital system back on track, says the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).
‘The current approach has failed’ – RCEM responds to Scotland delayed discharge Auditor General report
08/01/2026 – Dr Fiona Hunter, RCEM Vice President for Scotland, responds to the joint report into delayed discharges by the Auditor General for Scotland and Accounts Commission.
‘It’s deeply concerning that this is the state of emergency care in our country’: RCEM responds to HSSIB report on corridor care
08/01/26 – The Health Services Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB) investigation report on patient care in temporary care environments has been published today.
Emergency Departments risk ‘total derailment’ as winter batters the Scottish health service
06/01/2026 – The Scottish government must prioritise tackling delayed discharges and overcrowding in Emergency Departments – or risk the entire system collapsing under the strain of an incredibly difficult winter.
‘Make it your New Year’s Resolution to tackle the Emergency Care crisis’ – RCEM’s plea to government as A&Es continue to be battered by winter
3 January 2026 A brief respite for Emergency Departments over the festive period, while welcome, will do little to settle staff nerves as a cold
RCEM President Shares Festive Message and 2025 Achievements
24.12.25 As we approach the end of 2025, we want to take a moment to thank our incredible Emergency Medicine clinicians and the wider EM
RCEM: Wider NHS service shutdown over Christmas ‘storing up trouble’ for Emergency Departments in January
22/12/2025 – The annual shutdown of parts of the NHS looms as routine services prepare to close or operate at reduced capacity over the festive season.
RCEM warns of Christmas concerns as statistics show rising pressures
18/12/2025 The second of this year’s weekly winter ‘situation reports’ from NHS England, published today show that frontline staff are fighting an uphill battle to provide urgent care.
‘When will the record setting end?’: Emergency Departments in Wales experience worst-ever November performance
18/12/25 – EDs in Wales are under significant strain as new data revealed they experienced the worst November on record for four, eight and 12 hour waits.