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RCEM warns ‘The emergency care system is under severe pressure’

New data show the significant effect of continual and increasing pressure faced by the emergency care system in England, as the Royal College of Emerg...

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‘A catastrophic winter may lie ahead of us’ RCEM Wales warns

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that ‘a catastrophic winter may lie ahead’ as the latest Welsh A&E data show that extreme pressures...

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‘Last year was awful. Everything must be done to ensure our members and their patients do not experience the same again this winter’, RCEM says

New money announced by the Government aimed at easing winter pressure on the NHS should be focused on increasing capacity in Emergency Departments and...

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Fall in A&E performance ‘deeply worrying’ as winter looms

New data which shows more people experienced long waits in Welsh A&Es last month has been described as ‘deeply worrying’ by the Royal College of Emerg...

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RCEM: ‘Workforce planning and boosting capacity must go hand-in-hand’

The government’s announcement of £250m funding to support the delivery of 900 hospital beds before the New Year must be backed by the staffing arrange...

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Minor improvements in performance welcome amid ‘substantial’ summer pressures on A&Es

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to the latest Emergency Department performance statistics for July 2023.

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RCEM calls for NI Executive to reconvene to get a grip of ‘challenging and demoralising’ pressures on A&Es

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has responded to April – June 2023 Emergency Department performance data for Northern Ireland.

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‘Now is the time to plan and prepare for winter’ RCEM says, as A&E performance improves across Scotland

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has responded to June 2023’s Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland.

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Northern Ireland Emergency Care system continues to face significant challenges

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has called for the Northern Ireland Executive to reconvene and take meaningful action to tackle the crisis in ...

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CQC report shows A&E staff maintained high standards of care despite challenges throughout 2022

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to the findings of the CQC’s National Urgent and Emergency Care Survey 2022.

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A&E delays persist in Wales as one in eight patients faced a 12-hour wait in June

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has responded to June 2023’s Emergency Department performance figures for Wales.

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A&E delays persist ahead of planned industrial action

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to the latest Emergency Department performance statistics for June 2023. Published tod...

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RCEM responds to shocking GMC National Training Survey

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has called new research which details the scale of mistreatment experienced by doctors in training as ‘difficu...

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RCEM leads the way in setting standards for ‘green’ emergency healthcare

Today (4 July 2023) The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) launches GreenED; an innovative new ‘green’ accreditation framework for Emergency D...

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‘There are no shortcuts to delivering quality’ – RCEM responds to new NHS workforce plan

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has welcomed the announcement of a 15-year long-term NHS workforce plan...

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RCEM responds to BMA Consultants’ ballot in favour of industrial action

Responding to the result of the British Medical Association (BMA) ballot in favour of industrial action by Consultants in England, Dr Adrian Boyle, Pr...

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RCEM Wales responds to highest monthly Emergency Department attendance for almost two years

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RCEM responds to May’s A&E performance data

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has responded to May 2023’s Emergency Department performance statistics for England

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Welcome improvement in performance but urgent action needed to avoid further crisis in Emergency Care

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for April 2023 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal Colle...

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Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Older People

RCEM National Quality Improvement Project - National Report 2019/20

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Government must commit to training more Emergency Medicine doctors to avoid staffing crisis

More than 700 new trainee Emergency Medicine doctors are needed to avert a staffing crisis in Emergency Departments - that’s according to new analysis...

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RCEM responds to Labour’s mission for health

Responding to Labour's mission to create an NHS fit for the future, as outlined by Labour leader Keir Starmer today, Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President ...

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‘We are out of winter but remain in crisis’ RCEM says, as one in seven patients face 12-hour waits in A&Es in Wales

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for April 2023 for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of E...

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Early signs of a long road to recovery in Emergency Care welcome, but a meaningful workforce plan remains crucial

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for April 2023, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal Col...

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RCEM congratulates Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla

Congratulating His Majesty The King and Her Majesty Queen Camilla, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:

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‘The Emergency Care system is not functioning as it should’, RCEM says as Emergency Department performance drops

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for March 2023 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal Colle...

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Data show the number of care hours per Emergency Medicine consultant have doubled since 2019

Data seen by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine from the Summary Emergency Department Indicator Table (SEDIT) and NHS Benchmarking show that in E...

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RCEM calls for political leadership to ensure functioning health and social care service amid ‘catastrophic’ Emergency Care crisis

Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics for Quarter 4 (January – March 2023) published by the Department of Health Northern Ir...

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Emergency Department 12-hour length of stay data must be meaningful and transparent

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for March 2023 for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of E...

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Wales’ Emergency Medicine Workforce Census 2023

This report was written on behalf of the National Board of Wales by Tamara Pinedo, Senior Policy Officer.

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Publication of true 12-hour length of stay data a welcome and significant step for Emergency Medicine

Commenting on the inaugural publication of 12-hour length of stay data measured from the time of arrival by NHS England for February 2023, Dr Adrian B...

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RCEM statement on upcoming industrial action by junior doctors

Commenting on the upcoming industrial action by junior doctors, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:

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RCEM responds to The Hewitt Review

Responding to today’s publication of The Hewitt Review: An independent review of integrated care systems by Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Dr Adrian Boyle, P...

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‘We must eliminate dangerous and unacceptable delays to patient care’, RCEM says as it welcomes new Cabinet Secretary

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for February 2023 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal Co...

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Wales’ Emergency Care system under severe pressure as staff continue to be stretched

Commenting on the continued pressures facing the Emergency Care system across Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergenc...

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Urgent concerted effort required to tackle the emergency care crisis

News that public satisfaction levels with the NHS and Accident and Emergency Services have fallen further is disheartening, but not at all surprising....

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Engagement with the Welsh Government welcome, as the latest A&E performance figures…

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for February 2023 for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College o...

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UK charities launch campaign for Syrian earthquake victims

Two UK charities are partnering with a Cambridge Emergency Medicine doctor who escaped war-torn Syria as a young medical student and is returning to h...

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Pensions reform is a positive step for staff retention

Responding to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s statement in the House of Commons today outlining the government’s Spring Budget, Dr Adrian Boyle, Pre...

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“A workforce plan without numbers is not a plan but a daydream”, RCEM president says

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for February 2023, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal ...

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“We remain extremely concerned about our patients and their safety and for the welfare of staff who are struggling”, RCEM says

Responding to the latest monthly Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for January 2023, Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the ...

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RCEM Explains long waits and excess mortality

Emergency care services face an unparalleled crisis. More patients than ever before are experiencing extremely long waiting times in our Emergency D...

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Data show 1.65 million patients in England faced 12-hour waits from time of arrival in A&Es in 2022

A new briefing by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, RCEM Explains: Long waits and excess deaths, reveals that in 2022 1,656,206 patients waited...

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine statement on BMA announcement of industrial action by junior doctors

Commenting on the announcement by the BMA of industrial action by junior doctors, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicin...

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RCEM statement on the of nurses’ industrial action

Responding to the Royal College of Nursing's announcement that there will be a 48-hour industrial action that includes Emergency Departments, intensiv...

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RCEM calls for support from Members of Parliament in the South West as it warns ‘we are still in the depths of crisis’

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for January 2023 for the South West Region, Dr James Gagg, South West Regional Chair...

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Emergency Care crisis remains challenging but, as the latest figures show, with a political will improvement is possible

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for January 2023, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal C...

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Scotland Emergency Department performance drops significantly to reach new record low

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for December 2022 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal Co...

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Publishing 12-hour time of arrival data from April is a ‘win for patients and staff’ that will drive transformation and change

Commenting on the publication of the Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services by NHS England and the Department of Health and S...

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RCEM launches campaign to resuscitate Emergency Care as polling reveals…

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine today outlines five priorities for UK governments to tackle the crisis in Emergency Care, after polling carrie...

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‘Patients and staff are desperate for meaningful action to tackle worst ever Emergency Care crisis’, RCEM NI says

Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (October – December 2022) published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Dr P...

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‘This is a call to action’, RCEM & College of Paramedics say as Lords Public Services Committee…

Responding to the House of Lords Public Services Committee’s report Emergency Healthcare: a national emergency published today, Dr Adrian Boyle, Presi...

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RCEM Wales’ Emergency Medicine workforce census reveals significant staffing shortages, as health service remains in crisis

A landmark survey of Emergency Medicine staff in Wales has found that there are far too few clinicians to cope with demand within the stricken health ...

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RCEM: How far does Emergency Department performance need to fall for political leaders to take meaningful action?

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for December 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal ...

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RCEM welcomes £250 million investment to tackle NHS crisis

Commenting on Downing Street’s NHS Recovery Forum on Saturday 7 January and the subsequent announcement of funding for Health and Social Care, Dr Adri...

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RCEM statement on nurses’ industrial action

Commenting on industrial action by nursing staff, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:

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Hospitals and helping people experiencing homelessness this winter

We together with the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, ...

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‘Focus on simple solutions’ RCEM says, as patients continue to face exceptionally long waits amid crisis in Scotland

Responding to the latest weekly Emergency Department performance figures in Scotland Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of The Royal College of Eme...

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Group A Strep and scarlet fever during a time of winter pressures – a joint statement from RCPCH, RCEM and RCGP

Three Medical Royal Colleges are issuing advice for worried parents and healthcare professionals working during a very tough winter.

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Difficulties in discharging patients driving long waits in Emergency Departments

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for November 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal ...

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RCEM statement on ambulance services strike action

Commenting on the announcement of strike action dates for the ambulance services by GMB, Unite and Unison, President of the Royal College of Emergency...

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Meaningful metrics are crucial to improving patient care and driving change

Responding to news that ministers plan to ditch the metrics for Emergency Care performance outlined in the Clinical Review of Standards, President of ...

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RCEM responds to the Autumn Statement

Responding to the Autumn Statement announced yesterday in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP, President of the Ro...

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Transparency of data key to tackling alarming Emergency Care crisis in Wales

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medici...

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RCEM responds to new poll which finds one-third of junior doctors struggle to access nutritious meals on shift and over three quarters have experienced burnout at work

Commenting on a UK-wide investigation by the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) which found one in three junior doctors struggle to ...

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Emergency Care in crisis as more patients than ever before face dangerously long waits in Emergency Departments

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for October 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal C...

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One in six patients faced 12-hour wait in major Emergency Departments in Northern Ireland as ‘grim winter’ approaches

Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (July – September 2022) published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Vice P...

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RCEM welcomes the Scottish Government’s expansion of medical training places

Commenting on the Scottish Government’s expansion of the Emergency Medicine workforce by opening 10 additional training places in 2023, Dr John-Paul L...

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Staff deeply worried about UEC crisis, as Scotland records worst A&E performance once again

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for September 2022 Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal C...

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RCEM welcomes the new Secretary of State for Health and Social care, warning demand management is not the answer to UEC crisis

Responding to the appointment of Steve Barclay MP as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal Colleg...

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NHS crisis demands leadership for the safety of patients, RCEM says

Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s annual State of Care report, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:

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RCEM welcomes the GMC’s report into the UK medical workforce

Responding to the General Medical Council’s report The state of medical education and practice in the UK: The Workforce report 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, ...

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‘Bolster the social care workforce to mitigate crisis in Urgent and Emergency Care’, RCEM urges government

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for September 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal...

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Scotland Emergency Department performance falls for the third consecutive month…

Responding to both the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland for August 2022 and yesterday’s announcement by the Health Secreta...

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Dr Adrian Boyle begins term as RCEM President

Dr Adrian Boyle has officially taken up the post of President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

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RCEM responds to the report that a patient faced an 84-hour wait for admission in Scotland

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 hou...

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RCEM responds to Secretary of State’s comments around the four-hour A&E target

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 ...

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Patients in mental health crisis twice as likely to spend 12-hours or more in Emergency Departments than other patients

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-h...

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RCEM responds to Secretary of State’s ‘Our Plan for Patients’

Responding to the announcement by the Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Thérèse Coffey, President of the Royal College of Eme...

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New Prime Minister must show leadership and get to grips with crisis in Emergency Care

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for August 2022, President of the Royal College of Emergenc...

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Urgent and Emergency Care System in South West in crisis ahead of ‘looming’ winter

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for the South West Region, Dr James Gagg, South West Regional Chair of The Royal Col...

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Basic care of older people can be assured by expanding capacity and both the NHS and social care workforce

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July sees worst performance figures ever recorded in Scotland

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland, Dr John-Paul Loughrey, Vice Chair of the Royal College of Emergency Me...

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RCEM survey finds over half of Children and Adolescent Mental Health services in the Emergency Department are described as poor or awful

A repeat survey by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine of their members into mental health services for children and young people (CYP) in crisis ...

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NHS England’s crisis mitigation plan can only succeed if there is political will to tackle the crisis, RCEM says

Responding to NHS England’s letter ‘Next steps in increasing capacity and operational resilience in urgent and emergency care ahead of winter’, Dr Adr...

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‘We are seeing the sharp demise of the health service’, RCEM says

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for July 2022, Vice President of the Royal College of Emerg...

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NI government must take meaningful action to tackle Emergency Care Crisis

Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (April – June 2022) published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Vice Presi...

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RCEM supports Parent Doctors to access innovative Leaders Plus Fellowship

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine have committed to part-sponsoring places on the new Leaders Plus NHS Fellowship Programme. This innovative int...

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Joint statement from medical royal colleges and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges on the Conservative leadership contest

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the general health of the British public and the NHS will be long lasting. NHS waiting lists currently stand a...

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GMC training survey shows EM doctors at high-risk of burnout

Responding to the 2022 national training survey published by The General Medical Council, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Kat...

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‘The urgency of this crisis demands a political will to tackle it’, RCEM says

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for June 2022, President of the Royal College of Emergency ...

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Two-thirds of A&E clinical leads not confident their organisation will safely manage winter pressures, as new briefing shows UEC 10-point recovery plan ‘has failed’

Emergency Department (ED) leads are not at all confident that their organisation will cope this winter, according to a new snapshot survey from the Ro...

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Worst ever Emergency Care performance figures cannot be met with inaction

RCEM Wales: The latest Emergency Department performance figures for May 2022 published by the Welsh government show:

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Emergency Care in the South East remains under considerable pressure

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for the South East Coast published by NHS England for May 2022 Dr Salwa Malik, Consu...

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Transparency about the scale of UEC crisis ahead of winter is vital for any strategy, RCEM warns

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for May 2022, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Roya...

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New report exposes real number of A&E waits, as over 1,000 patients faced a 12-hour wait in A&E every day in 2021

A new report by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Tip of the Iceberg: 12-Hour Stays in the Emergency Department’ reveals that on average 1,047 ...

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RCEM is proud to be incorporated by Royal Charter and congratulates HM The Queen on her Platinum Jubilee

Congratulating HM The Queen on her Platinum Jubilee, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “The Royal...

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New report shows 13,000 staffed beds required across the NHS to drive meaningful change and improvement

A new report by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Beds in the NHS’ shows that 13,000 staffed beds are required in the NHS across the UK to driv...

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NI Health service on verge of collapse as Health organisations urge representatives to form an Executive and tackle crisis

Responding to the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics (January – March 2022) published by the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Dr Paul...

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‘Now is the time for an Urgent and Emergency Care plan’, RCEM says, as 24,000 patients face 12 hour waits in A&Es

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for April 2022, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Ro...

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Scotland Emergency Department performance figures worst on record, as health system remains in dire crisis

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland, Dr John Thomson, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medi...

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Voting down of workforce amendment shows disregard for the current health crisis and for the NHS and Social Care workforce

Responding to the Health and Care Bill, which received Royal Assent today to become the Health and Care Act 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, Vice President of t...

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RCEM response to Home Affairs Committee report on Spiking

Spiking is a nasty crime that can cause serious distress and harm to victims and cause lasting damage to their mental and in some cases physical healt...

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Emergency Departments in Wales record worst performance and longest waiting times ever

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures for Wales, Dr Suresh Pillai, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medici...

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More than one third of patients facing long waits in Scotland, as Emergency Care remains in severe crisis

Responding to the latest weekly Emergency Department performance figures in Scotland Dr John Thomson, Vice President of The Royal College of Emergency...

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Emergency care crisis putting patients at risk as they face longest waits on record

Responding to publication of Urgent and Emergency Care performance figures for March 2022 by NHS England, Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President of The Roya...

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Emergency Care system in South East facing relentless pressure amid crisis

The latest regional monthly performance figures published by NHS England for March 2022 for the South East show: - There were 308,062 attendances at ...

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Urgent and Emergency Care in dire crisis, as RCEM calls for meaningful action to tackle it

The latest monthly Emergency Department (Major EDs) performance figures for Scotland for February 2022 show: • There were 95,692 attendances • Four...

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One in four ambulances delayed 30 minutes or more, as Urgent and Emergency Care falls deeper into crisis

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 th...

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RCEM responds to the public’s dissatisfaction with A&E services and wider NHS

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 unprece...

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Weekly Scottish Emergency Department waiting times worst on record, amid serious concerns for patient safety

The latest weekly update (w/e 20 March 2022) of Emergency Department activity and waiting time statistics show: • There were 25,506 attendances in w...

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RCEM responds to reports that AI software will be used to predict A&E admissions

Responding to reports that AI software will be rolled out to NHS Trusts to predict daily A&E admissions Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President of the Royal ...

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RCEM welcomes the publication of three reports into clinical negligence published by NHS Resolution

Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome these reports as learning opportunities to reduce the...

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Urgent and Emergency Care crisis in Wales deepens as more patients face longer delays

The latest Emergency Department performance figures for February 2022 published by the Welsh government show: • There were 56,101 attendances at majo...

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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine elects its fourth President

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is delighted to announce that Dr Adrian Boyle has been elected as its next President. Dr Adrian Boyle is an ...

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RCEM responds to Public Accounts Committee report

Responding to the Public Accounts Committee report, in which The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is referenced, Dr Katherine Henderson, President ...

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Urgent and Emergency Care under continued pressure as Scottish Government publishes workforce strategy

The latest weekly update of Emergency Department activity and waiting time statistics show: • There were 24,920 attendances, the highest since week ...

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Health facilities and personnel in warzones must be protected

Reacting to the tragedies unfolding in Ukraine including the attacks on medical facilities and hospitals, Gordon Miles, Chief Executive Officer of the...

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63,653 patients have faced a 12-hour delay in an A&E since October 2021

The latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for February 2022 show: • There were 1,205,216 attendances at major Emer...

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RCEM welcomes House of Lords vote for the publication of workforce projections

Responding to the news that members of the House of Lords have voted to require regular publication of independent assessments of current and future h...

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RCEM welcomes NHS commitment to measure 12-hour waits from time of arrival in A&E

Commenting on changes made to the NHS Standard Contract 2022/23 in response to consultation feedback, President of the Royal college of Emergency Medi...

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Emergency Departments continue to face severe pressures as RCEM calls for meaningful action

The latest A&E activity and waiting times for major Emergency Departments in Scotland for January 2022 show: • 73.7% of attendances were seen and re...

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RCEM pledges support to AACE’s ‘Work Without Fear’ Campaign

Responding to the launch of the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives national campaign #WorkWithoutFear Mrs Lisa Munro-Davies, Vice-President of ...

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There must be a meaningful recovery plan for Urgent and Emergency Care, RCEM says

Commenting on the latest Winter Flow Project data, Dr Adrian Boyle, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “For the secon...

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Recovery must not be isolated to elective care RCEM says

The latest Emergency Department performance figures for January 2022 published by the Welsh government show: • There were 57,667 attendances to major...

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Latest RCEM data shows 1 in 11 patients experienced 12-hour admission delays in first week of February

In the first week of February, 12 hour delays in Emergency Departments were the highest they’ve been so far in The Royal College of Emergency Medicine...

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Dire situation in Northern Ireland Emergency Departments as one in seven patients delayed by 12+ hours in December 2021

Quarterly Emergency Department performance figures published today by the Department of Health Northern Ireland show: - There were 56,031 attendances...

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Record number of patients delayed by 12 hours or more as urgent and emergency care faces deepening crisis

The latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for January 2022 show: - There were 1,246,817 attendances at major Emerg...

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Urgent and Emergency Care recovery plan must be published in tandem with elective care delivery plan, RCEM says

Commenting on the Secretary of State’s announcement in the House of Commons today and the ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective...

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RCEM response to Health Foundation polling on public views of NHS

Responding to the Health Foundation’s report ‘Public perceptions of the NHS and social care: performance, policy and expectations’, Dr Katherine Hende...

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RCEM commend Emergency Medicine staff amid continued system pressures

The latest Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report 2021-22 for the week ending 30 January 2022 shows: - One in five ambulances were delayed ...

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Long waiting times continue to put patient safety at serious risk

The latest A&E activity and waiting times for major Emergency Departments in Scotland for December 2021 show: • 73.7% of attendances were seen and r...

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Social care crisis must be addressed to encourage timely discharge and alleviate system pressures

Commenting on the latest Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report 2021-22 that shows nearly one third of patients who were in hospital for 21 ...

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Patient safety at risk as Health Care service in Wales faces crisis

The latest Emergency Department performance figures for December 2021 published by the Welsh government show: • There were 57,761 attendances to majo...

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RCEM response to worst Scottish weekly performance figures ever

The latest weekly update of Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland show: - There were 21,163 attendances at A&E services in NHS Scotla...

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RCEM responds to EMJ article that reveals five hour + waits increase risk of death

Responding to the latest article in the Emergency Medicine Journal ‘Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and ...

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Worst ever four-hour performance must be a call to action and call for metrics that drive improvement

Responding to the publication of NHS England quarterly and monthly performance figures, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emer...

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Statement on the May 2021 FRCEM OSCE

The FRCEM OSCE was held online, 17-28 May 2021, the fourth time the exam had been delivered virtually.

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Crisis deepens amid relentless pressures and high numbers of staff absences

The latest Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Reports 2021-22 for week ending 2 January 2022 show: • There was a total of 562,062 instances of...

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HSC report further highlights risk of backlog growing if urgent and emergency care and the wider health system is overlooked

Responding to the report by the Health and Social Care Committee, ‘Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic’, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of ...

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System under enormous strain, as Covid-19 impacts emergency care

The latest A&E activity and waiting times for major Emergency Departments in Scotland for November 2021 show: • 73.8% of attendances were seen and r...

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2022 National Recruitment – EM ACCS

National recruitment in Emergency Medicine is delivered by Health Education England, supported by the EM Heads of Schools who sit on the RCEM Training...

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Performance remains at record low, as new data show significant staffing shortages across Wales

The latest Emergency Department performance figures for November 2021 published by the Welsh government show: There were 61,384 attendances to majo...

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Performance reaches record lows once again, as fears grow for coming weeks

The latest weekly update of Emergency Department activity and waiting time statistics show: Four-hour performance was second lowest on record at 69...

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Meeting the mental health needs of children and young people in acute hospitals: these patients are all our patients

Joint statement by RCEM, RCPCH and RCPsych The Royal Colleges of Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics and Child Health, and Psychiatrists recognise the ...

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“This winter is already far worse than last winter”, RCEM President says

The latest data from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Winter Flow Project 2021/22 show that since the beginning of October 2021 there have be...

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“It’s been ugly”: A large-scale qualitative study into the difficulties frontline doctors faced across two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN) Fellowship 2021

We’ve launched the second round of the RCEM TERN Fellowship scheme, which will fund 50% of the successful applicant’s time over a two-year period.

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Doctoral Research Fellowship 2022

We've launched the next round of our PhD Fellowship Scheme. Applications are invited from EM trainees from CT1 and above before 21 January 2022.

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Why all EM trainees should have their say in the annual EMTA survey

In this month's guest blog, EMTA Committee Chair talks about the importance of trainees giving feedback in the annual EMTA survey.

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RCEM Scotland: Current A&E performance trend is extremely worrying

In October 2021 there were 108,279 attendances to major Emergency Departments across Scotland, the number of attendances dropped by 5,719 patients (5%...

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Data show thousands of elective care operations cancelled, amid crisis in urgent and emergency care

Data from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Winter Flow Project 2021/22 reveals that in November 2021 6,726 elective care operations were canc...

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Health organisations warn of mounting patient safety crisis in Urgent and Emergency Care

Nearly two thirds of A&Es across the UK had ambulances waiting to transfer patients every day in the past week, according to a new survey from the Roy...

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RCEM warns ‘This is only the beginning of the crisis’ as latest data show…

Quarterly Emergency Department performance figures published today by the Department of Health Northern Ireland for July to September 2021 (Quarter 2 ...

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Report shows alarming number of avoidable deaths in Emergency Departments due to crowding in Wales

Emergency Department performance figures published today by the Welsh Government for October 2021 show four-hour performance has deteriorated for the ...

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RCEM Acute Insight Series: Crowding and its Consequences

Why Emergency Department Crowding matters

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New report reveals shocking number of excess deaths caused by crowding…

A new report by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Crowding and its Consequences’ has found that at least 4,519 patients have died as a result o...

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RCEM calls for system-wide action, as shocking report shows extent of harm to patients

Responding to the latest report ‘Delayed hospital handovers: Impact assessment of patient harm’ published today by the Association of Ambulance Chief ...

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RCEM CARES: The Next Phase

Outlines the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) system wide plan to improve patient care.

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Performance figures indicate the beginning of a crisis for urgent and emergency care…

The latest Emergency Department performance figures for October 2021 published today by NHS England show that monthly performance has consistently and...

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RCEM NPIS Antidote Guideline Update 2021

RCEM & NPIS guidelines on antidote availability for Emergency Departments - 2021 Update.

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Safe and timely discharge supported by social and community care vital to preventing dangerous long stays, RCEM Scotland says

Commenting on the recent reports of excessively long stays, Dr John Thomson, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scotland, said:...

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Scottish health service set for gruelling winter as Emergency Department performance deteriorates for fifth consecutive month

The latest Emergency Department performance figures for Scotland published by the Scottish Government today for September 2021 show a deterioration in...

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RCEM calls for an increase in staffing after survey finds 3 in 5 A&E staff have experienced burnout

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is calling for UK governments to act now to achieve safe staffing levels in Emergency Departments after a work...

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RCEM survey finds one in five BAME EM clinicians have not been risk-assessed by their Trust

A new report from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine confirms significant racialised patterns of occupational risk for staff working in Emergency...

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