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Dr Jayne McLaren elected as Vice Chair Scotland
19 December 2024 Dr Jayne McLaren, Emergency Medicine Consultant at NHS Ayrshire and Arran, has been elected as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s new
RCEM Presidential Election process begins next week
Friday 6 December 2024 The process to appoint the new President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine gets underway on Monday 9 December 2024
Flu surge causing severe pressure in Emergency Departments
Friday 3 January 2025 An increase in flu hospitalisations is causing severe pressure in already overstretched Emergency Departments. This is the message from The Royal
(Q&A) Trailblazing in Trauma: Dr Laura Cottey’s Path to Excellence in Emergency Medicine
Friday 3 January 2025 Dr (Surg Lt Cdr) Laura Cottey, an accomplished Royal Navy ST4 in Emergency Medicine (EM) working in the Peninsula Deanery was
Winter bearing down on EDs amid lack of political action to tackle crisis
19 December 2024 Year-on-year, there are four times as many people who have been hospitalised for flu so far in December 2024. And Emergency Medicine
ED doctors issue ‘hidden hazards’ warning about popular stocking fillers this festive season
Monday 23 December 2024 Leading Emergency Medicine clinicians are urging parents and carers to be extra cautious with toys containing water beads, button batteries and
Government must address ‘immediate crisis’ in Emergency Departments
Thursday 19 December 2024 The Welsh government must ‘listen to those on the frontline’ of emergency care as health board issues capacity warning. This is
‘Normalisation of the dangerous’ – RCEM hits back at NHSE ‘Corridor Care’ guidance
Monday 16 December 2024 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has hit back at health service guidance detailing how patients can be ‘safely’ treated in
Lack of political focus on winter UEC crisis ‘deeply concerning’ – RCEM
12 December 2024 The Royal College of Emergency Medicine says it is ‘deeply concerned’ about the lack of political attention on the pressure facing Urgent
Government’s budget a ‘step in the right direction’ but A&Es still face challenging winter
Today’s budget released by the Scottish government is a “step in the right direction” but comes too late to ease the winter crisis already hitting some of the country’s A&Es.
#RCEMBlogs: I’m proud to be a voice for RCEM’s ACP members
Ashleigh Lowther is RCEM’s ACP Chair and an Advanced Clinical Practitioner specialising in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Care. She has the important role of advocating for RCEM’s ACP members. In this blog she explains her role and calls on ACPs to help advocate for the position.
RCEM issues urgent budget call to Scottish government ahead of ‘gruelling’ winter
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has joined calls for the Scottish government to address ‘delayed hospital discharges’ in the upcoming budget announcement.
RCEM unveils GreenED 2025
Following the success of its first GreenED accreditations, RCEM has released details for EDs so they can begin joining its Spring 2025 cohort.
Vote for RCEM’s next Scotland Vice Chair
Voting for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s next Vice Chair Scotland opens tomorrow (4 November 2024).
Welsh Emergency Departments feeling the ‘cold shoulder’ this winter
Emergency Medicine clinicians in Wales feel like they are getting the cold shoulder from the Welsh Government as the weather worsens and their concerns about patient safety grow.
Welsh Emergency Departments feeling the ‘cold shoulder’ this winter
Emergency Medicine clinicians in Wales feel like they are getting the cold shoulder from the Welsh Government as the weather worsens and their concerns about patient safety grow.
