Responding to the report by the Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross MSP at FMQs in which he said a recent FOI revealed a patient faced an 84 hour wait for admission, Dr JP Loughrey, Vice Chair of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scotland, said:

Responding to a comment made by the Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Thérèse Coffey in which she stated she has no plans to change the four-hour A&E target, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:

A new report from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine finds that patients presenting with mental health problems are twice as likely to spend 12-hours or more in Emergency Departments than other patients.

Responding to the announcement by the Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Thérèse Coffey, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Katherine Henderson said:

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for August 2022, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Katherine Henderson said:
“The data is stark. We are worried about the coming winter. These are the second worst data on record. Too many patients

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for the South West Region, Dr James Gagg, South West Regional Chair of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
“The data for the South West is shocking. Large numbers of patients facing extremely long waiting times. The reality on the