Responding to publication of Urgent and Emergency Care performance figures for March 2022 by NHS England, Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
The latest regional monthly performance figures published by NHS England for March 2022 for the South East show:
EMSAS has produced a statement on Specialist Doctor appointments in EM, the aim of which is to provide some
guidance regarding job descriptions for the Specialist doctor role.
The latest monthly Emergency Department (Major EDs) performance figures for Scotland for February 2022 show the highest proportion of attendances experiencing 12 hour waits since records began
On 3 April 2022, five RCEM runners were among the 12,000 runners who ran 13.1 miles around the streets of London in the fifth edition of the London Landmarks Half Marathon 2022.
We’ve launched #CountMeIn – our campaign to ensure we are fully representing our members – and are asking all members to fill in their demographic profiles.
The latest Winter Sitrep data for the week ending 27 March show:
• There were 79,588 ambulance arrivals, 2.7% less than the previous week.
• More than one quarter of ambulances experienced delays of 30 minutes or more, equal to 21,051 ambulances
o This is an increase
Following stories about the use of tents outside EDs to enable ambulance offloads, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the College of Paramedics have issued updated guidance, laying out the best alternative options available to hospitals.
Updated 31 March 2022
The British Social Attitudes Survey by Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund found that overall satisfaction with the NHS fell to 36 per cent “an unprecedented 17 percentage point decrease on 2020” and “the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since 1997, when satisfaction fell to 34 per cent.”
The latest weekly update (w/e 20 March 2022) of Emergency Department activity and waiting time statistics means one in 25 patients were waiting for 12 hours or more in an Emergency Department
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