College News
RCEM Welcomes New Research Committee Chair
Professor Matt Reed sets out his aims as the new Chair of RCEM’s Research Committee and shares his Emergency Medicine story.
Professor Matt Reed sets out his aims as the new Chair of RCEM’s Research Committee and shares his Emergency Medicine story.
QECC has continued to thrive thanks to the dedication and enthusiasm of its members and has been active in producing guidance as well as safety bulletins
The team has also continued long-standing collaborations with key international partners.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine & The Royal College of Radiologists – Best Practice Guideline
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has updated its guidance for Emergency Department crowding in response to the increasing threat to timely emergency care and the impact it is having on Emergency Medicine clinicians and their patients.
Emergency Department (ED) crowding represents the greatest threat to the timely delivery of emergency care in the UK and across the world.
Key Recommendations for Retention and Workforce Wellbeing in Emergency Care
The RCEM has said that the Welsh Government ‘have let patients down’ by failing to publish a winter plan, as latest data show one in seven patients faced a 12-hour delay in A&Es in Wales in December.
This statement is a follow up to the joint statement issued in 2019 by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) regarding the delivery of same day emergency care (SDEC) in England following the launch of the 2019 Long Term Plan for the
Latest data show that hospital bed occupancy remains at unsafe levels (93.5%) as one in nine patients faced 12 hour waits in A&Es in December in England. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has described it is a ‘shameful, distressing and deeply saddening’ situation.
A new study from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and University of Bath has found the safe delivery of emergency care is now under serious threat, due to a severe burnout and retention crisis in Emergency Medicine.
Jo Daniels, PIPP Project Lead, University of Bath and Edd Carlton, Professor of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine
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