‘The evidence to address delayed discharges continues to mount’: RCEM
The issue of people who are well enough to leave being stranded in hospital wards and occupying increasingly scarce inpatient beds must be addressed if
RCEM’s GreenED Programme announces first ‘Gold’ standard department
An Emergency Department in England has become the first to be awarded with the highest level of accreditation for environmental sustainability by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s GreenED programme.
RCEM describes record delayed discharges in Scotland ‘deeply concerning and distressing’
The Holyrood government must prioritise record ‘delayed hospital discharges’ as a matter of urgency as the issue is causing the Urgent and Emergency Care system in Scotland to grind to a halt.
Extreme ED wait times in Wales can’tbe a political afterthought: RCEM
As the Wales government announces a multimillion-pound package to reduce elective waiting lists, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned they must also focus on extreme long waits in A&E which are putting vulnerable patients at risk.
‘Slight improvements hard to celebrate when thousands of people are enduring extreme A&E waits’: RCEM
Small improvements in A&E performance are hard to celebrate when almost one in 10 patients endured an extreme stay in England’s Emergency Departments last month.
Government’s New Urgent and Emergency Care plan ‘good and bad’ – RCEM
A new plan aimed at improving emergency care in England has been described as both ‘good and bad’ by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
RCEM: Government must address elective care waits AND long ED stays – both must be political priorities
Following the Scottish Health Minister stating he is ‘determined’ to cut elective waiting times the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned this cannot be the Government’s
RCEM celebrates decade of being the ‘Royal’ College of Emergency Medicine
It is 10 years since the College of Emergency Medicine became the ‘Royal’ College of Emergency Medicine. This month (May 2025) four members of The
RCEM work secures expansion of EM Consultants in Northern Ireland
Effective advocacy and influencing by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has resulted in the creation of dozens of new EM consultant roles in Northern Ireland.
RCEM highlights UEC crisis at APPG on Emergency Care launch event in Westminster
The significant impact of extreme waiting times that patients are enduring in A&E was highlighted by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine at the launch
RCEM: Welsh government must prioritise dangerous ED waits in Wales – lives depend on it
Extreme waiting times in Welsh Emergency Departments (EDs) remain consistently high and are putting vulnerable patients at risk of significant harm.
‘Each a dearly loved family member’ – Excess deaths linked to long A&E waits increased to over 16,600 last year
New analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine reveals that there were more than 16,600 deaths associated with long A&E waits before admission in
Scotland’s Programme for Government a ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle UEC crisis: RCEM
After enduring another challenging winter, Scotland’s Programme for Government has failed to deliver a tangible plan to address the emergency care crisis.
‘An alarming threat to patient safety’ – over a million older patients endured 12-hour waits in England’s A&Es last year
More than a million older people faced waits of 12 hours or more in A&Es in England last year – and shockingly, the older a
A&E winter pressures analysis gives DHSC clear ‘roadmap to recovery
Analysis of the pressures faced by the Urgent and Emergency Care system this past winter reveal in stark detail where the issues lie and provide clear indicators of what the DHSC must do to address them.
‘Fatigue is not only the enemy of good patient care, it’s the enemy of strong mental health’
Responding to the Health Services Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB) investigation report on the impact of staff fatigue on patient safety published this week (24 April 2025) President
