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.
If you do want to contact us out of hours, please use the same email – communications@rcem.ac.uk – which is monitored closely by the communications team member on call, and we will respond promptly.
If you are interested in our latest analysis of NHS performance data, please visit our Data and Statistics page where you will find information and graphs. Please feel free to use these images in your coverage attributing them to RCEM.
First UK EDs get environmental sustainability accreditations
The first hospital EDs in the country to become accredited for environmental sustainability have received certifications from RCEM.
RCEM responds to Scotland’s Health and Social Care Winter Preparedness Plan
RCEM’s VP for Scotland Dr John-Paul Loughrey said: “It is immensely disappointing that this plan does not place adequate emphasis on addressing what is causing the real harm in Emergency Departments right now.”
Long Emergency Department waits causing ‘real harm’ in Wales
The Welsh Government must come up with a plan to address the extreme demands being experienced by the country’s Emergency Departments – with some already issuing warnings to the public about being overwhelmed.
RCEM backs call to ‘winterproof’ the NHS
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has welcomed the Liberal Democrats’ call to ‘make the NHS winterproof’ as the colder months loom.
RCEM delivers festive cards to Downing Street to highlight Emergency Care’s ‘Eternal Winter crisis’
‘Seasons Greetings’ RCEM tells MPs as A&Es hit by ‘winter demand’ all year round.
A&Es in England still ‘dangerously’ full as winter looms
The Urgent and Emergency Care system is stuck in ‘survival mode.’
RCEM’s submission to Lord Darzi’s NHS England review
Members’ experiences and views about the challenges they face in the NHS were represented as part of the College’s submission to the national Darzi review, which was published today, Thursday.
‘The façade of ‘everything is fine’ has been demolished… now we must fix what is broken’ – RCEM
The Government has today become the first to accept and acknowledge the dangerous and unacceptable risks of patients waiting extreme lengths of time in A&E departments previously revealed by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).
RCEM responds to Lord Darzi review of NHS England
In response to Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the performance of the NHS in England, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said: “Lord Darzi and his team have done an extraordinary job of gathering, analysing and collating a huge amount of data and information and they must be commended for that; as must the Government for commissioning this investigation. The result is an unsanitised and honest assessment of the NHS.
Tackling A&E waiting times must be top priority for Scottish government
Curbing sky rocketing A&E waiting times must be the number one priority for the Scottish government with winter just around the corner.
Being VP Treasurer is a privilege – I have a foot in both camps
Dr James Gagg is RCEM’s Vice President Treasurer. He has the important job of keeping the College’s finances in check and representing the members and business of RCEM
Team members needed for national project to improve delivery of pain relief
RCEM is recruiting volunteer team members to a project aiming to improve patients’ experience of receiving pain relief in the Emergency Departments.
Wales’ new First Minister must tackle long waits in Emergency Departments ahead of winter
The new First Minister of Wales must take urgent action to address long waits in Emergency Departments before an inevitable winter spike in demand.
“We have to get better” – RCEM responds to CQC report on inpatient experiences
We have to get better at involving and supporting inpatients to leave hospital as soon as they are able to.
Northern Ireland’s shocking A&E performance figures must be the catalyst for change
The latest shocking A&E performance data for Northern Ireland must be a catalyst for change.
RCEM launches training to support beginners in medical research into academic careers
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has today (Tuesday 13 August 2024) launched an online learning programme to support emergency medicine professionals who are new to the field of research into early academic careers.
