Basic care of older people can be assured by expanding capacity and both the NHS and social care workforce 7 September 2022 Responding to the findings in the Emergency Medicine Journal article ‘Emergency departments not set up to meet basic care needs of frail older people’, Dr Rachael Morris-Smith, Chair
Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland, Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice Chair of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scotland, said:
“The latest Emergency Department performance figures for July should ring alarm bells to all political and health leaders. These are the worst performance figures since records
This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 4 October at our Annual Scientific Conference in Belfast.
Stocks must be conserved for patients where no other pharmacological/interventional/surgical option exists
Half of respondents said children and young people facing mental health crises arriving between 3 and 7pm experienced waits of 12-24 hours to see a specialist mental health professional.
Only one in five Emergency Departments reported having a full 24/7 service.
In response to the National Patient Safety Alert issued on 3rd August 2022 RCEM welcomes the proactive response of both the manufacturer of Alteplase and Tenecteplase (Boehringer Ingelheim) and the department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
The past months have seen significant work here at the College to address the issues…
Joint statement with the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ Council – Drink spiking is when someone puts drugs or alcohol into a person’s drink without their knowledge or consent. It can include putting alcohol into a non-alcoholic drink, adding extra alcohol to an alcoholic drink or slipping prescription
There is currently an extremely high demand for exams places, but we are planning to expand our capacity to facilitate extra places in 2023.
Following the high volume of interest in the Diploma Ceremony on Thursday 1 December, we have replanned the logistics to accommodate an extra 50 graduands for each ceremony on this day.
It was recently brought to our attention that there was an oversight during the data migration from the NES ePortfolio, relating to the ‘Reflective Practice Log’ form.
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