RCEM responds to appointment of James Murray as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
15/05/2026 – Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome James Murray to the role of Secretary of State.
Half of medium- and high-risk mental health patients in A&E not properly observed throughout their stay, new RCEM report reveals
11/05/2026 – Around half of higher-risk mental health patients in Emergency Departments were not properly observed during their stay last year.
Across the board – four, eight and 12 hour waits – were the worst on record for the month of March in Scotland’s Emergency Departments
05/05/26 – Emergency Departments across Scotland are under ‘relentless pressure’ that is simply ‘not sustainable’.
Wes Streeting renews corridor care pledge during RCEM annual conference
30/04/2026 – Corridor care should never be tolerated in Emergency Departments, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting has told the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) members.
HRH The Princess Royal addresses first ever RCEM annual conference
29/04/2026 – As Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, has thanked all those in Emergency Medicine for their service.
RCEM looks to the future of Emergency Medicine at inaugural annual conference
26/04/2026 – The future of Emergency Medicine is bright and clinicians must continue to be “loud and proud” about what they do.
“Utterly horrifying” state of Northern Ireland A&Es revealed as 2026 so far has seen the worst waiting times EVER recorded
23/04/2026 – The Northern Ireland Executive must immediately take action or more lives will be lost to the Emergency Care crisis.
The month of March saw three times as many people waiting 12 hours or more than nine years ago: RCEM
23/04/26 – In March, across EDs in Wales, 10,931 patients waited more than 12 hours.
RCEM launches GreenED in Australia and New Zealand to cut the environmental impact of Emergency Departments, reduce costs and improve patient care
22/04/26 – It comes after nine EDs in New South Wales, Australia, have achieved Bronze through the GreenED International pilot programme.
Deaths caused by long ED waits more than doubled in 5 years, new RCEM analysis suggests
17/04/2026 – Northern Irish policymakers must address the “catastrophe” unfolding in EDs, as the estimated number of people who may have died due to long Emergency Department waits more than doubled in five years.
Minor, incentive-driven improvements in A&E performance ‘no cause for celebration’ says Royal College of Emergency Medicine
16/04/2026 – NHS England’s incentives scheme aimed at improving A&E performance has missed the mark, though the slight reductions in waiting times are welcome.
Urgent Treatment Centre plans ‘not the answer’ to end ‘shameful’ corridor care, but efforts on improving ownership of the problem within Trusts welcome
12/04/2026 – New urgent treatment centres will do little to nothing in tackling and eradicating the national shame that is corridor care.
RCEM responds to HSSIB report on legislative gaps affecting people in mental health crisis in ED
09/04/09 – The HSSIB has released an interim report titled mental health crisis care: legislative challenges in ED
“Crying out for help” – Dire state of A&E should be top of the Scottish Election agenda, says RCEM, as record numbers experience long waits
07/04/2026 – As thousands of patients each month in Scotland are forced to wait more than half a day in Emergency Departments before being discharged, transferred or admitted, whoever forms the next Scottish Government must make this healthcare crisis an emergency.
Statement on Resident Doctors’ industrial action
25/03/2026 – The BMA announced Resident Doctors will strike from 7 April to 13 April.
Long ED waiting times in Scotland could take generations to recover if the issue isn’t a political priority: RCEM
24/03/26 – Without a sustained political focus on reducing extreme long waits in Scotland’s Emergency Departments, it could take more than 200 years to reduce the number of people enduring these waits down to levels seen in 2016.