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Patients’ A&E testimonies should be the catalyst for Government action – RCEM
A ‘harrowing’ new report which sees patients sharing their experiences of attending Welsh Emergency Departments should galvanise the Welsh Government into action. This is
No sign of winter pressures easing as A&Es continue to bear the brunt of a gridlocked system
As new data shows that hospitals are running dangerously close to capacity, and with thousands of people each day remaining in hospital when they could
RCEM is looking for a new Chairperson for the Sustainable Working Practices Committee
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is looking to recruit a new Chairperson to lead its Sustainable Working Practices (SWP) Committee. This committee focuses on
Applications open for new Editor in Chief for the Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ)
The British Medical Journal Group and RCEM are seeking an “ambitious and dynamic” Editor-in-Chief for the Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ). The Editor-in-Chief has overall responsibility for
New guidance fails to address how‘national shame’ of corridor care and excessive A&E waits will be tackled
RCEM responds to the government’s ‘mandate for the NHS’ and NHSE planning guidance Thursday 30 January 2025 New missives from the Department of Health and NHS England provide
Welsh Government must not neglect UEC as pressures mounts across the country’s NHS
Thursday 23 January 2025 As new data reveals the mounting issues facing the health service in Wales, RCEM has urged the Government there not to
As A&E seasonal crisis continues RCEM urges government to start work now to ensure there is no repeat next winter
Thursday 23 January 2025 Details of what the government intends to do to ‘future proof’ the NHS against further A&E winter crises cannot come soon
RCEM joins calls to reform ‘disjointed’ Emergency Care system
Wednesday 21 January 2025 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has joined calls to reform the Urgent and Emergency Care system’ as it asserts
RCEM announces next President
Friday 17 January 2025 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has appointed its next President. Dr Ian Higginson, who is currently one of the College’s
“There must be a point where we go beyond analysis and accept that this is a serious problem that needs urgent political action”
RCEM responds to new ONS research into deaths linked to long A&E stays Friday 17 January 2025 Comprehensive new statistical analysis of the link between
Hospitals nearing capacity as winter pressures continue
16 January 2025 Responding to NHSE’s latest weekly winter ‘situation report’, which covers 6 – 12 January 2025, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College
“This must be a watershed moment” RCEM responds to ‘harrowing’ RCN corridor care report
“How is it fair to tell someone they are dying in a corridor?” A couple told their miscarriage care options in a crowded corridor. An
Emergency Departments ‘too crowded’ to cope with a disaster
Sunday 12 January 2025 A survey has found fewer than one in 10 emergency doctors feel confident they could evacuate their A&Es in a crisis,
‘How has this been allowed to happen again?’: RCEM demands answers as winter crisis deepens
9 January 2025 With patients at risk of harm due to spending days in Emergency Departments and health care professionals left in tears due to
Increase in reported violence against ambulance staff ‘abhorrent and unacceptable’ – RCEM
7 January 2025 A rise in violence against ambulance staff, who are on the frontline to care for and help others in their time of
A&Es ‘in crisis’ amid winter freeze and flu admission surge
Tuesday 7 January 2025 Emergency Departments in Scotland are struggling against the combined pressures of extreme weather and a rise in hospital admissions from flu.
