News & Resources

Launch of RCEM Winter Appeal 2021

We are launching our Winter Appeal today to support our Emergency Medicine colleagues in Uganda, who urgently need support.

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New RCEM South West Regional Chair Begins Term

Dr James Gagg has been appointed as South West Regional Chair for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

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RCEM Acute Insight Series: Crowding and its Consequences

Why Emergency Department Crowding matters

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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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RCEM NPIS Antidote Guideline Update 2021

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

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Annual Report and Accounts 2020

RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2020

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RCEM launches anti-bullying campaign to challenge toxic behaviour in ED’s

The launch of RespectED, an anti-bullying campaign that aims to raise awareness of toxic behaviour in EDs.

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Coronavirus: latest information and advice

Latest Coronavirus news.

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RCEM CARES: Spotlight on: Access Joint letter to Trust CEOs with RCP and SAM

Improving medical pathways for acute care

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Your Questions about the Curriculum Answered – Twitter Q&A

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Message of Solidarity from RCEM to health workers in India (May 2021)

Message of solidarity from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine to health care workers in India

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MP briefing – RCEM Explains: Hospital Beds (June 2021)

RCEM Explains: Hospital Beds

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Letter to the Foreign Secretary calling for the release of Professor Maw Maw Oo (6 July 2021)

Letter to the Foreign Secretary calling for the release of Professor Maw Maw Oo

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Retain, Recruit, Recover – A Call for Action

Retain, Recruit, Recover - our call for action to improve the urgent & emergency care system.

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Death of Dr John Thurston

Death of Dr John Gavin Bourdas Thurston

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Showcase of Good Practice 2021

Showcase of good practice 2021

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What’s Behind the Increase in Demand in Emergency Departments? (August 2021)

What's behind the increase in demand in Emergency Departments?

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Dr Katherine Henderson, President of RCEM, discusses her career and current issues facing Emergency Medicine

Dr Katherine Henderson, President of RCEM in discussion - 17 September 2021

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Op Courage: The Veterans Mental Health & Wellbeing Service (August 2021)

The Veteran's Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

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Becton Dickinson Blood Specimen Collection Portfolio Supply Disruption

Becton Dickinson Blood Specimen Collection

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National Recruitment 2021 – EM ACCS

National Recruitment 2021 - EM ACCS

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Joint letter to Foreign Secretary 2021: UN Political Declaration

Request for continued UK protection for medical workers, facilities, and patients in conflict zones

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New RCEM England South Central Regional Chair Begins Term

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RCEM Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement on Terminology (January 2021)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

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EMTA meets RCEM – Series of videos looking at our work

EMTA meets RCEM - the work of the College, committees and working groups.

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RCEM Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee Statement: Ethnic disparities in accessing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during Covid-19

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Letter to MPs on Tiers

Please vote to save our hospitals

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New RCEM Wales Vice President begins term

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Recruitment Plans 2021: Covid update

Changes to the recruitment process due to the current pandemic.

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RCEM Annual Report and Accounts 2019

2019 Annual Report & Accounts

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Chair of new Women in Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group appointed

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Update on oversubscribed November FRCEM OSCE

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RCEM establishes Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee to tackle inequalities in Emergency Medicine

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Postponement of January MRCEM OSCE

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New RCEM Scotland Vice President begins term

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Equality and Diversity – presentation about the Black Lives Matter movement and structural racism in the NHS

Equality is a core value of the College, and we take our commitment to addressing all forms of inequality very seriously.

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EMJ Podcast: Can COVID-19 be an opportunity for the future of Emergency Departments?

COVID-19 be an opportunity for the future of Emergency Departments?

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RCEM submission to the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review

Comprehensive spending review

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RCEM and homeless charities warn of health impact of removing eviction ban

With the eviction ban due to end on Monday, The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is concerned at the serious impact that this could have on Emergen...

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Changing RCEM in response to the Charity Governance Code

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Changing RCEM in response to the Charity Governance Code

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is a registered charity and is therefore bound by all the various rules and regulations surrounding charities.

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Position Statement: The case for a radical shake up of the Emergency Care system in England before winter

The case for a radical shake up of the Emergency Care system in England before winter.

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Rebuilding the NHS – Improving medical pathways for acute care

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Society for A...

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Statement on the FRCEM Final SAQ examination 9 July sitting

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RCEM joins Medical Royal Colleges to call for urgent review of UK preparedness for second Covid-19 wave

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has co-signed an open letter to the leaders of all UK political parties to call for a transparent rapid review...

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Royal Colleges appeal to Select Committee for ‘urgent action’ to make hospitals safe 

In advance of an oral evidence session with the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee this morning (Tuesday), the Presidents of the...

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RCEM & NASMeD Adult Cardiac Arrest Arrival at ED document summary statement

RCEM and the Ambulance Services have worked together to agree a document about the processes for adults in cardiac arrest arriving by ambulance at Eme...

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Update on adjustments to FRCEM QIP marking in light of COVID-19 (June 2020)

Adjustment to FRCEM QIP Marking

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Katherine Henderson speaks to Simon Carley on the RCEM CPD Podcast featuring an important update on the latest RCEM policy

Podcast featuring an important update on the latest RCEM policy.

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RCEM to move Annual Scientific Conference online

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RCEM & ACEM joint statement on COVID-19

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RCEM cancels all events until August

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Free access to mental wellbeing platform for medical and emergency workers during Covid-19

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Statement from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Lay Advisory Group

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RCEM COVID-19 readiness

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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Elects a New Dean

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Cancellation of examinations

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has taken the decision to cancel several examinations due to the further escalation of coronavirus Covid-19.

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RCEM cancels its Spring CPD Conference

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine Northern Ireland new Vice President begins term

Commenting on the NHS performance statistics for January 2020, which show a record number of patients staying in Emergency Departments for over 12 hou...

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CMO for England statement on the Wuhan novel coronavirus

Chief Medical Officer for England statement on the Wuhan novel coronavirus

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ACP Regional Representatives announced

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RCEM declares Climate Emergency

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RCEM Annual Award Winners Announced

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Joint Statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care

There has been much publicity recently around provision of Same Day Emergency Care services as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan 2019. RCEM and SAM e...

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Dr Katherine Henderson begins term as RCEM President

Dr Katherine Henderson has officially taken up the post of President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

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RCEM launch new Education Strategy

Education Strategy

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RCEM endorses new FICM guidance on care at the end of life

End of life care

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RCEM sells fossil fuel shares and urges London organisations to follow suit

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) today becomes the latest London institution to offload its shares held in fossil fuel companies, urging...

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RCEM hailed in The Parliamentary Review

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine elects its first female President

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is delighted to announce that Dr Katherine Henderson has been elected as its next president.

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RCEM release position statement on metrics to supplement four-hour target

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) supports the continued use of the four-hour access standard as a high-level metric to monitor emergency...

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Joint letter to Jeremy Hunt urges government to show support for health workers and facilities being targeted as acts of war

Sixteen Medical Royal Colleges and Associations have written a joint letter to the Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, asking the government to signal its...

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine supports national campaign to raise awareness of fatigue amongst healthcare staff 

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is supporting the national Fight Fatigue campaign to help raise awareness of fatigue amongst NHS healthcare st...

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“We’ve been lucky so far this winter” – Royal Colleges call for action on social care in Wales

Two world-leading medical organisations have today called on the Welsh Government to speed up their plans to invest in social and community care servi...

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