#CountMeIn – help us to better represent you

We've launched #CountMeIn - our campaign to ensure we are fully representing our members - and are asking all members to fill in their demographic pro...

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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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ACCS End of Placement Report’s Preview

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ACP Credentialing Checklist (2017 curriculum) – Adults

The ACP Credentialing Checklist, a simplified version of which can be found on the ACP’s ePortfolio dashboard

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ACP Credentialing Checklist (2017 curriculum) – Children

The ACP Credentialing Checklist, a simplified version of which can be found on the ACP’s ePortfolio dashboard.

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ACP Credentialing Checklist (2017 curriculum) – Dual

The ACP Credentialing Checklist, a simplified version of which can be found on the ACP’s ePortfolio dashboard,

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ACP Faculty Educational Governance Statement’s Preview

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ACPs and the award of membership / MRCEM

Dr Salwa Malik, Vice President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine with responsibility for membership, said:...

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Acute Aortic Dissection Programme – 7 June 2022

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Acute Care Assessment 2021

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Advice for Clinicians Involved in ED IT Procurement

From the RCEM Informatics Committee

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Agents of Change – Advocating for Public Health in the ED Programme

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A Guide to Section 136 for Emergency Departments

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Alcohol: A Toolkit for Improving Care

It is a great privilege to introduce this toolkit – the first we have issued as a Royal College - and the subject could not be more worthy

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Ambulance Handover Delays: Options Appraisal to Support Good Decision Making

Updated 31 March 2022

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Ambulatory Care: Ambulance Services Pre-alert Guideline for the Deteriorating Adult Patient

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Ambulatory Care: Emergency Toolkit

Delivering same day emergency care from the Emergency Department

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Ambulatory Care: Operational Guide

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Ambulatory Care: Position Statement

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Ambulatory Emergency Care Toolkit

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Annual Quality Report 2020-21

This report identifies ongoing concerns which include staffing shortages, overcrowding, workforce burnout, bullying and harassment, time to train and ...

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Annual Report and Accounts 2015

RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2015

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Annual Report and Accounts 2016

RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2016

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Annual Report and Accounts 2017

RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2017

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Annual Report and Accounts 2018

RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2018

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Annual Report and Accounts 2020

RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2020

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Annual Report and Accounts 2021

RCEM - Annual review, report & accounts 2021

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An RCEM delegation in Cairo

Dr. Khaled Abdul Ghaffar, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, received the work of the Minister of Health and Population and a d...

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AoMRC statement on vaccination and second doses (Jan 2021)

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges firmly supports the decision of the four UK chief medical officers to prioritise the delivery of the first COVID...

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ARCP Form’s Preview

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Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Older People

RCEM National Quality Improvement Project - National Report 2019/20

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Assessing for Cognitive Impairment in Older People Information Pack

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Assessing for Cognitive Impairment in Older People National Results

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Assessment of Risk During the Maternity Pathway

An independent report by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch

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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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Best Practice: A brief guide to Section 136 for EDs

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Best Practice: Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Emergency Departments

Updated to October 2023 version

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Best Practice: A Universal FGM Flowchart and Reporting Tool

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Best Practice: Chaperones in Emergency Departments

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Best Practice: Collaborative Working Between Emergency and Critical Care

A "Better Together" framework for improved collaborative working between Emergency Medicine (EM) and Intensive Care Medicine (ICM)

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Best Practice: College Publications Template

This guideline was produced as a document to advise and assist those clinicians who have been commissioned (or volunteered) to write an article for pu...

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Best Practice: Consent in Adults, Adolescents and Children in EDs

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Best Practice: Diagnosis of Thoracic Aortic Dissection

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine & The Royal College of Radiologists - Best Practice Guideline

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Best Practice: Discharge to General Practice

Royal College of General Practitioners guidance for adult and paediatric patients being directly discharged from the emergency department.

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Best Practice: Drug Misuse and the Emergency Department

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Best Practice: Ebola Guidance

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Best Practice: ED Infection Prevention and Control during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Best practice for infection prevention and control for health and management professionals who work in or have responsibility for running and regulati...

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Best Practice: Emergency Department Care

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Best Practice: Emergency Department Out of Hours Discharge Medications

This guideline is designed primarily for use in Type 1 EDs, but the suggestions and drugs listed will be of relevance to Type 2 and 3 Departments for ...

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Best Practice: Emergency Department Patients in Police Custody

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Best Practice: Fascia Iliaca Block in the Emergency Department

Fascia Iliaca Block (FIB) is being increasingly used in Emergency Departments (ED) including in the United Kingdom, principally for pain relief in fra...

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Best Practice: Frequent Attenders in the Emergency Department

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Best Practice: Giving Information to Patients in the Emergency Department

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Best Practice: Guideline for Information Sharing to Reduce Community Violence

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Best Practice: HIV Testing in the Emergency Department

This guideline is to assist Emergency Physicians and healthcare managers in the establishment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in Emergen...

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Best Practice: Inclusion Health in the ED

Caring for Patients Who Are Homeless or Socially Excluded - This guidance has been produced in the light of statutory duties with regards inclusion he...

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Best Practice: Ingestion of Super Strong Magnets in Children

Raise awareness of the risks associated with ingestion of rare earth magnets and provide guidance for clinical management of paediatric patients who a...

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Best Practice: Intravenous Regional Anaesthesia for Distal Forearm Fractures (Bier’s Block)

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Best Practice: Ketamine Procedural Sedation for Children in the ED

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Best Practice: Management of Adult Patients Who Attend ED After Sexual Assault and / or Rape

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Best Practice: Management of Controlled Energy Device (Taser) Attendances

Best practice regarding patients attending emergency departments (ED) following discharge of controlled electrical devices (CED) by the Police Service

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Best Practice: Management of Domestic Abuse

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Best Practice: Management of Investigation Results in the ED

This guideline seeks to provide guidance for Emergency Departments in how they manage normal and abnormal radiology and pathology results.

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Best Practice: Management of Pain in Adults

This guideline has been developed and reviewed to provide clear guidance on the standards for timeliness and provision of analgesia for adult patients...

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Best Practice: Management of Pain in Children

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Best Practice: Management of Suspected Internal Drug Trafficker

This guideline deals with patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) suspected of Internal Drug Trafficking (SIDT) or concealment

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Best Practice: Measuring the Quality of Patient Care in the ED

This guideline has been developed to help medical and nursing staff within Emergency Department (EDs) provide better care for their patients.

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Best Practice: Mental Capacity Act in EM Practice

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Best Practice: Patient Care in the ED

This guideline has been developed to help medical and nursing staff within Emergency Department (EDs) provide better care for their patients

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Best Practice: Patients with a Diagnosis of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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Best Practice: Pharmacological Agents for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia

This document provides guidelines for the use of common pharmacological agents in sedation in the Emergency Department in the UK.

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Best Practice: Providing a Witness Statement for the Police

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Best Practice: Reducing Redundant Activity in the Acute Setting

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Best Practice: The Mental Capacity Act in Emergency Medicine Practice

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Best Practice: The Patient Who Absconds

This guideline has been developed to assist Emergency Physicians in the management of patients who abscond from the Emergency Department (ED).

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Best Practice: Traumatic Cardiac Arrest in Adults

For EDs that are not designated Major Trauma Centres a Traumatic Cardiac Arrest (TCA) may be an infrequent event which requires a modification to the ...

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Buddy System (April 2020)

Pairing with another colleague (Your BUDDY) can improve the safety of you, your buddy and the patient.

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Burnout to Brilliance Programme

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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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Care of Children in the ED Information Pack

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Care of Children National Report 2019/20

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Care of Children National Results 2019/20

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Care of Older People in the ED – QIP Information Pack

For Care of Older People QIP – Data Collection 5 May 2023 – 2 May 2025

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Changes to the MRCEM SBA application period

RCEM has worked closely with our exam delivery partner, Pearson VUE, to introduce new booking windows for all MRCEM & FRCEM written exams.

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Children’s Mental Health Risk Pathway Assessment

A checklist provided by Wirral University teaching hospital.

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Clinical guidance and resources for Ukraine

Together with The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) we (RCEM) have developed www.ukraineclinicalguidance.com, a website filled wit...

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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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College launches first diversity calendar

To mark the beginning of Pride the College has launched its first Diversity Calendar. This calendar highlights key EDI awareness days and weeks and bo...

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Colleges joint letter to Lord Deighton about PPE

Congratulations on your appointment as the PPE ‘tsar’

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College statement on the importance of ACPs

For the avoidance of doubt: we are aware of recent comments on social media regarding ACPs in Emergency Medicine. The Royal College of Emergency Medic...

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Concussion and Sport Patient Advice Leaflet

Manchester Royal Infirmary, October 2022

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Consultant Sign Off QIP Information Pack

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Consultant Sign Off Report 2021-22

Performance of safe discharge of adult and child patients - published April 2023

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Coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance for clinicians

The NHS and government have set out a blueprint to address backlogs built up during the COVID pandemic and tackle long waits for care with a massive e...

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Coronavirus: latest information and advice

Latest Coronavirus news.

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COVID-19 Experiences from doctors in UK and Australia – a conversation

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Covid-19: Airway Management in the Pandemic

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Covid-19: All That Glitters – Things to Remember During the Pandemic

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Covid-19: Children Clinical Brief

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Covid-19: ED Infection Prevention and Control during Covid-19 Pandemic

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Covid-19: Emergency Department Care Record

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Covid-19: Explaining the Legal and Ethical Dimensions

...and Providing Professional & Public Guidance - briefings for each of the UK nations

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Covid-19: Herd Wellbeing and Resilience

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Covid-19: Individual Wellbeing and Resilience

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Covid-19: Paediatric Emergency Department Care Record

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Covid-19: Safety Alert – People with Diabetes

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Covid-19: Salbutamol peak flow and nebulisation advice

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Crib Sheet for Care in Children QIP

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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:

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CT Scans Requiring IV Iodinated Contrast Agent

Position Statement - Emergency CT Scans

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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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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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Delays to publication of exam results

Due to an incident with the March 2022 FRCEM SBA results, we are implementing changes to our exam results production processes. The new enhanced check...

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Diagnostic Dilemmas Around the World Programme

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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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Diploma ceremony 2022 – extra places and additional day

Following the high volume of interest in the Diploma Ceremony on Thursday 1 December, we have replanned the logistics to accommodate an extra 50 gradu...

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Dire situation as one in seven patients delayed by 12+ hours

Quarterly Emergency Department performance figures published today by the Department of Health Northern Ireland show:

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Discharge to General Practice

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Discharge to General Practice – Update

Latest edition update October 2022

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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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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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Dr JP Loughrey takes on role of Vice President Scotland

The College would like to welcome Dr John-Paul (JP) Loughrey, Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine, Queen Elizabet...

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Dr Russell McLaughlin appointed as Vice President in Northern Ireland

The College would like to welcome Dr Russell McLaughlin, Consultant and Clinical Director in Emergency Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, to t...

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Early signs of a long road to recovery 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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Ebola: EPRR CRG Opinion on emergency care for Ebola

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Ebola: Rapid Risk Assessment

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Ebola: RCEM Letter to Clinicians – Travel History

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EC-ACP Guide to Credentialing

2017 Curriculum - Updated October 2022

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Educational Meeting 2015 Curriculum’s Preview

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Educational Meeting: Supplementary Review’s Preview

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Educational Meeting CT1/ST1 – CT2/ST2’s Preview

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Educational Meeting ST3 – ST7’s Preview

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Educational Supervisor Report ACCS’s Preview

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Educational Supervisor Report Covid-19: HST’s Preview

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Educational Supervisor Report Covid-19: Intermediate’s Preview

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EM-POWER: A practical guide to flexible working and good EM rota design

This guide is written for EM clinicians and managers looking to improve the way they manage clinical rotas and improve retention, recruitment, flexibl...

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EM-POWER: A Wellness Compendium for Emergency Medicine

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EM-POWER: Returning to EM Clinical Practice

Highlighting the various strategies available for ongoing professional development and to increase awareness of the portfolio job plan.

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EM Advanced Clinical Practitioners providing safe sedation in the adult ED

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Emergency Airway Management

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Emergency Care ACP Supervisor Training Day

The next EC-ACP Supervisor Training Day will take place on 29 September 2022.

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Emergency Care ACP Supervisor Training Day

The next EC-ACP Supervisor Training Day will take place on 20 September 2022.

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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 crisis remains challenging but with 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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Emergency Care debate in parliament on 6 July – ask your MP to attend

The College has worked closely with Wera Hobhouse, a Liberal Democrat MP, to successfully table a debate in Parliament examining waiting times for eme...

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

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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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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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:

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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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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:

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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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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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EMSAS Person Specification for Specialist Doctors

Updated March 2022

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EMTA Online 2021

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Engagement with the Welsh Government welcome, with improved 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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Environmental Sustainability in EM

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Equality & Diversity Guidance

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Exam Delivery, Marking and Reporting

The Association for Trainee Doctors Group issued a letter to all Royal Medical Colleges via the Academy. We responded formally to this letter.

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Examination Fees 2022

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Exam News Update – 2023 Exams

Exam dates and application windows for 2023 have now been confirmed.

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Exams update from the Chief Executive Officer

The past months have seen significant work here at the College to address the issues...

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – ACCS CT1-2 / ST1-2 Trainee

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – Interim / Formative

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – Intermediate ST3 Trainee

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – ST4 & ST5

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Faculty Education Governance Statement – ST6 Trainee

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FASSGEM Annual Conference 2021 Programme

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Forgotten Tribe – Adolescents in the ED Programme

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Gemnet: Thromboprophylaxis Example Protocol

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Gemnet: Thromboprophylaxis in Ambulatory Trauma Patients Requiring Temporary Limb Immobilisation

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General Anaesthesia for an ASA I/II Patient Having Uncomplicated Surgery

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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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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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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...

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Guidance for emergency departments: initial assessment

The 2022 to 2023 NHS planning guidance...

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Guidance for Participants at Virtual Events

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Guidance for Speakers at RCEM Conferences

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Guidance for Speakers at Virtual Events

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Guideline on Antidote Availability for EDs

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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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Heat Related Illness – NASMeD Guidance of July 2022

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Holistic Assessment of Learning Outcomes – HALO

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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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How far does ED 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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How to Login to Kaizen

PDF download with full instructions

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HSIB investigation into the diagnosis of non-accidental injuries in infants

HSIB focus group investigating diagnosis of non-accidental injuries in infants.

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IAC Initial Assessment of Competence Certificate’s Preview

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IFEM Global Campaign Against ED Over-Crowding

Global action required to address the hospital Emergency Department over-crowding crisis

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Improving Hip Fracture Care in the ED Toolkit

Developing national standards to drive Quality Improvement in hip fracture care - A collaboration between the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCE...

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Improving Hospital Flow for Urgent Care

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Improving Medical Pathways for Acute Care

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Independent Review into exams published

An independent external review which was commissioned last year in response to an exams error which saw 50 candidates being given an incorrect pass re...

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Infection Prevention and Control – National Report 2020-2021

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Infection Prevention and Control – Year 2 Report

National Quality Improvement Project Report - published April 2023

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Initial Assessment of Emergency Department Managers

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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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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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Joint Statement Calling for Urgent Release of Professor Maw Maw Oo

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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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Joint Statement on Myanmar

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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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Joint Statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care

Joint statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care

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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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June’s MRCEM OSCE to go ahead as planned during period of industrial action

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that further industrial action by junior doctors will be taking place between 14 and 17 June 2023....

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Ketamine Procedural Sedation for Children in ED’s

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Learning Disabilities in the ED Programme

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Learning from the first phase of the Coronavirus Pandemic (November 2020)

Learning from the first phase of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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Letter from the Secretary of State on support for veterans and the OpCourage initiative

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Letter to Foreign Secretary – UN Political Declaration – March 2021

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Letter to Prime Minister Liz Truss from RCEM Lay Advisory Group Chair

The Prime Minister talks about GP appointments but Emergency Departments are in cardiac arrest...

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Letter to the Chancellor Regarding the Spring Budget 2021

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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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Letter to the profession from CMOs, NHS and Colleges

Supporting doctors throughout the second COVID-19 wave

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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:

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Management of Adolescent Young Adults in the ED

From the RCEM Paediatric Emergency Medicine Professional Advisory Group

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Management of Adult Cardiac Arrest Patients Taken to EDs during Covid-19

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Manchester Triage System Update Letter

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March 2022 FRCEM SBA exam results situation update

On Monday 16 May, we informed 50 candidates who sat the March 2022 FRCEM SBA examination that a fault occurred with our examination system, which resu...

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Marking Exams by the Angoff Method

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MCR / MTR ACCS’s Preview

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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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Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders – new guideline released

Over the past five years hospital admissions for eating disorders have risen by 84%. Hospital admissions of children and adolescents for eating disord...

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Medical Emergencies in Pregnancy for the ED Team Programme

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Meet the incoming ACP Chair

My name is Ashleigh Lowther, I am the incoming ACP (Advanced Care Practitioner) Chair.

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Mental Capacity Act Guideline

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Mental Health (Self-Harm) Quality Improvement Project National Report

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Mental Health Audit Information Pack 2019

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Mental Health in the Emergency Department

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Mental Health National Report 2019/20

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Mental Health National Slides 2019/20

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Mental Health Newsletter August 2019

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Mental Health Newsletter June 2020

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Mental Health Newsletter October 2019

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Mild Head Injury Patient Advice Leaflet

Manchester Royal Infirmary, October 2022

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Misconduct Policy for MRCEM and FRCEM Examinations

Updated March 2022

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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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MRCEM Exam Guidance for Candidates with Additional Requirements

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MRCEM Exam Primary Information and Regulations

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National Clinical Impact Awards 2022: open for applications

Closing date - 22 June 2022 (5pm)

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National Clinical Impact Awards 2023

The application window for the National Clinical Impact Awards is open until 05 May 2023.

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National QIP User Guide

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National QIP User Guide 2022/23

A guide for users of the RCEM National online QI system.

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National Quality Improvement Project (QIP) User Guide 2022

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National Recruitment 2021 – EM ACCS

National Recruitment 2021 - EM ACCS

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National Survey on Mental Health Services for Children and Young People

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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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New RCEM South East Regional Chair Begins Term

Dr Sarah Honess has officially taken up the post of South East England Regional Chair for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

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New RCEM West Midlands Regional Chair Begins Term

Dr Susie Dorrian has officially taken up the post of West Midlands Regional Chair for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

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New report exposes over 1,000 patients facing a 12-hour wait in A&E every day

12-Hour Stays in the Emergency Department’ reveals that on average 1,047 patients waited 12-hours or more from their time of arrival every day in a ma...

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New report shows 13,000 staffed beds required across the NHS

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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New Vice Presidents appointed

The College is delighted to announce the appointments of Dr Ian Higginson, Dr Jason Long, Dr Salwa Malik, and Dr Maya Naravi to roles of Vice Presiden...

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NHS Ambulance Services pre-alert guideline for the deteriorating adult patient

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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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NHS England’s crisis mitigation plan can only succeed if there is political will to do so

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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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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NI Health service on verge of collapse as health organisations urged to 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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Nitrous Oxide & Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine

This information sheet, put together with the College of Paramedics, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, and the British Association for Immedi...

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Now is the time for an Urgent and Emergency Care plan as 24,000 face 12 hour waits

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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Older Person Trauma Programme

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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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One in six patients faced 12-hour wait in major Emergency Departments in Northern Ireland

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

The Veteran's Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

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Oversubscribed OSCE exams – increased places in 2023

There is currently an extremely high demand for exams places, but we are planning to expand our capacity to facilitate extra places in 2023.

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Paediatric Pearls & Pitfalls Programme

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Pain in Children National Report

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Pain in Children National Report 2021-22

National Quality Improvement Project Report - published April 2023

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Pain in Children QIP Information Pack

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Paracetamol Overdose Guidance

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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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Patients and staff are desperate for meaningful action to tackle worst ever Emergency Care crisis

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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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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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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Performing an Anaesthetic Pre-Operative Assessment’s Preview

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PhD Fellowship Scheme & Guidance

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PiPP Project: Key Study Recommendations

Key Recommendations for Retention and Workforce Wellbeing in Emergency Care

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Poll finds 1/3rd of junior doctors struggle to access nutritious meals on shift

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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Position Statement: Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Intravenous Thrombolysis

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Position Statement: Advanced Life Support

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Position Statement: Alcohol Related Harm

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Position Statement: Care of patients exposed to blood borne viruses by needlesticks

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Position Statement: Cauda Equina Syndrome

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Position Statement: Clinical Responsibility for Patients within the ED

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Position Statement: Complications of Early Pregnancy and the role of the Emergency Department

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Position Statement: CQUIN to Reduce Frequent Attenders and Mental Health Attendances

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Position Statement: ED Doctors Performing Mental Health Act Assessments

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Position Statement: Improving Quality Indicators and System Metrics for EDs in England

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Position Statement: Paediatric Trauma – Stabilisation of the Cervical Spine

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Position Statement: Providing pre-transfusion blood samples for the police

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Position Statement: Public Health in Emergency Medicine

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Position Statement: Resuscitative Thoracotomy in Trauma Units

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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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Position Statement: Triage

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Position Statement: Winter pressures in children’s emergency care settings

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Position statement on drink spiking

Joint statement with the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council - Drink spiking is when someone puts drugs or alcohol into a person’s...

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Postponement of January MRCEM OSCE

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PPE Ethnic Minorities and Risk in EDs During the Pandemic

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Problems & Promises of PoCUS Programme

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Proposal for Health & Social Care Select Committee Prevention Inquiry

Proposal - The Health and Social Care Select Committee should examine the role emergency care can play in prevention in its upcoming prevention inqu...

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Psychological Distress and Trauma in Doctors Providing Frontline Care

During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom and Ireland: A Prospective Longitudinal Survey Cohort Study

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Psychologically Informed Practice and Policy (PIPP) Study – Executive Summary

The UK National Health Service (NHS) and specifically Emergency Medicine (EM) is facing a retention crisis...

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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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Publishing 12-hour time of arrival data from April is a ‘win for patients and staff’

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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QIP: Infection Prevention and Control Information Pack

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Quality Strategy Part A January 2022

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RCEM & ACEM joint statement on Covid-19

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RCEM & Healthwatch – FAQs on NHS 111 First

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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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RCEM Acute Insight Series: Crowding and its Consequences

Emergency Department (ED) crowding is a major threat to public health and represents a serious policy challenge that must be urgently tackled.

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RCEM Acute Insight Series: What’s Behind the Increase in Demand in EDs?

Levels of Emergency Department (ED) attendances and subsequent admissions are not only reaching pre-pandemic levels but surpassing them.

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RCEM AGM – 17:10, Tuesday 4 October 2022

This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 4 October at our Annual Scientific Conference in Belfast.

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RCEM and RCPCH position statement on winter pressures in children’s emergency care settings

Joint position statement from RCPCH, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

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RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2022 date clash with Yom Kippur – an apology

RCEM’s Annual Scientific Conference is a highlight of the year for many of our members, and a lot of work goes into its planning. However, the dates ...

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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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RCEM calls for support from MPs 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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RCEM CARES – Crowding policymaker brief (November 2020)

Spotlight on Crowding - England

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RCEM CARES – Retention – Policymaker Brief for MPs (England)

Policymaker brief for MPs (ENGLAND)

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RCEM CARES: Retention Policymaker Brief for MPs

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RCEM CARES: Safety: Policymaker brief

Spotlight on Safety: Policymaker brief

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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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RCEM CARES: Spotlight on: Crowding (Scotland)

Spotlight on: Crowding - Scotland

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RCEM CARES: Spotlight on: Crowding – Policy Maker brief – Wales

Spotlight on Crowding in Wales

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RCEM CARES: Spotlight On: Safety

Spotlight on Safety

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RCEM CARES: The Next Phase

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

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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:

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RCEM Committee Structure Chart

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RCEM Complaints Policy Procedures

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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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RCEM Consultant Workforce Recommendations

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RCEM Coronavirus Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC)

The recommendations in this document are a re-statement of good infection and control procedures that should be in place in emergency departments (EDs...

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RCEM Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Essay Prizes 2022

This year we have two categories - the Research Essay Prize and the Quality Improvement Essay Prize. Find out more here.

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RCEM Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement on Terminology

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

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RCEM Event Sponsorship Pack 2022

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RCEM Explains: Hospital Beds – Parliamentary Briefing

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RCEM Explains: Hospital Beds MP Briefing

RCEM Explains: Hospital Beds

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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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RCEM FICM joint statement on winter pressures (2018)

In their joint position statement the Faculty and College take the unprecedented step of warning that critical and emergency care services will be str...

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RCEM Guidance: Mental Health Toolkit 2019

Mental Health in Emergency Departments

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RCEM Guidance: What to do if your ED is becoming crowded again after the initial Covid-19 period

Crowding is returning to Emergency Departments (EDs) in the UK and there are significant concerns about how the situation is developing.

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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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RCEM issues updated ambulance handover delays guidance

Following stories about the use of tents outside EDs to enable ambulance offloads, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the College of Paramedi...

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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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RCEM launches campaign to ‘Resuscitate Emergency Care’

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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RCEM leads publish sustainability statement for ‘green’ emergency healthcare

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has published its policy position on Environmentally Sustainable Emergency Healthcare.

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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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RCEM National Quality Improvement Projects 2019/20 – Care of Children Report (January 2021)

National Quality Improvement Project

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RCEM Oral Questions Briefing: House of Lords

RCEM briefing on Oral questions in the House of Lords: Prime Minister’s pledge to strengthen the NHS

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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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RCEM Position Statement – Artificial Intelligence

Recent years have seen a rapid development in clinically-orientated Artificial Intelligence (AI) including Machine Learning (ML) applications

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RCEM Position Statement: Patients who do not attend appointments in EDs

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RCEM Position Statement: Use of the SNAP Regime for the Treatment of Paracetamol Toxicity

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RCEM Presidential election – voting now open

Voting for one of three candidates for College President is now open. Vote before 25 February.

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RCEM Quality Improvement Guide

Updated version - September 2022

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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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RCEM responds to announcement of Junior Doctors’ strike in Scotland

Reacting to the news that Junior Doctors in Scotland have rejected the Scottish Government’s 14.5% pay offer...

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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 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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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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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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RCEM responds to NAO report on Urgent and Emergency Care  

Today (21 June 2023) the National Audit Office (NAO) has published its ‘Access to unplanned or urgent care’ report.

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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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 response to DAUK letter on ACPs

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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 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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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 runners complete London Landmarks 2022 to raise funds for EM research

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 La...

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RCEM runners complete Royal Parks Half Marathon 2022 to raise funds for EM research

On Sunday 9 October 2022 over 16,000 participants took part in the 15th anniversary of the Royal Parks Half Marathon covering 13.1 miles past London’s...

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RCEM Safeguarding Policy (December 2021)

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RCEM Scotland Position Statement: The Four-Hour Emergency Access Standard

The Four-Hour Emergency Access Standard is an important safety indicator for the acute care system.

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RCEM Scotland VP: ‘The pressure of the pandemic is still a reality’

Figures released today by the Scottish Government for June 2021 reveal the continued and growing strain on Emergency Departments across Scotland.

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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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RCEM 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 heatwave

A red heat warning has been issued for the first time ever over large parts of the UK for Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 of July. There are forecasts of tem...

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RCEM statement on Her Majesty The Queen

We are immensely saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.

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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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RCEM statement on the March 2022 FRCEM SBA exam

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine recently experienced a technical fault that led to a small number of candidates being incorrectly informed tha...

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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 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 Statement on Vaccine Hesitancy

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

Half of respondents said children and young people facing mental health crises arriving between 3 and 7pm experienced waits of 12-24 hours to see a sp...

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RCEM to provide a year’s free membership for new parents

The RCEM has announced the provision of no cost membership for members on new parents’ leave...

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RCEM TSC Advice for Shielding Trainees

TSC Advice for Shielding Trainees

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RCEM Wales Manifesto

Emergency Departments (EDs) are the only part of NHS Wales that offer a truly round the clock service, seven days a week.

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

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RCEM Wales’ workforce census reveals significant staff shortages

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 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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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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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 ...

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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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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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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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RCP Cymru Wales: Royal colleges call for national action to prepare for winter

Call for national action to prepare for winter.

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Really Useful Guide to Managing Your ED

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Rebuilding the NHS better medical pathways for Acute Care

Urgent update, immediate priorities, and recommendations

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Reconfiguring Emergency Medicine Services

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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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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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Reducing unnecessary cannulation in the ED

Environmental and financial benefits from the Royal Free Emergency Department

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Reflective practice log issue resolved

It was recently brought to our attention that there was an oversight during the data migration from the NES ePortfolio, relating to the ‘Reflective Pr...

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Remote or Rural ED Study Day

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Research Engagement Day January 2022 Programme

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Resetting Emergency Care – Position Statement

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Resource Toolkits: Sepsis

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Response to RCR Imaging in Paediatric Trauma Guidelines

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Response to the Clinical Review of Standards Consultation

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Results of the June 2021 MRCEM OSCE

Results of the June2021 MRCEM OSCE

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Retain, Recruit, Recover

Policy planning for recovery

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Retain, Recruit, Recover – Call for action to improve urgent & emergency care

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Return to Emergency Medicine Virtual Study Day

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Risk of backlog growing if urgent and emergency care 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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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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Safety Flash: Anorexia Nervosa

Safety Flash on Anorexia Nervosa

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Safety Flash: Covid-19 – PPE Buddy System

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Safety Flash: Major Trauma in Older People (ISS > 15)

Major Trauma in Older People

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Safety Flash: Undetected button and coin cell battery ingestion in children

Undetected button and coin cell battery ingestion in children

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Safety Toolkit

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Scotland’s Emergency Medicine Workforce Census (July 2021)

Scotland's Emergency Medicine Workforce Census

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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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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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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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Scotlands Emergency Medicine Workforce Census

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Scottish Policy Forum Programme

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Security & Restraint Survey Report

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Security & Restraint Survey Report

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SNAP Regimen Treatment of Paracetamol Toxicity

Use of the SNAP Regimen for Treatment of Paracetamol Toxicity in adults and children

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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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South East Coast Emergency Medicine & Wellbeing Conference

Brighton, Friday 24 June 2022

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Specialist Doctor appointments in Emergency Medicine

EMSAS has produced a statement on Specialist Doctor appointments in EM, the aim of which is to provide some guidance regarding job descriptions for t...

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Spring CPD Conference Programme 2022

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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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Statement on FRCEM SBA & Malaysia OSCE Examinations taking place on 15 March 2023

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Statement on the BMA announcement of further dates for industrial action and the College’s MRCEM OSCE in June

The British Medical Association has announced further industrial action by junior doctors between 7am on Wednesday 14 June 2023 and 7am on Saturday 17...

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Statement on the FRCEM Final SAQ examination 9 July sitting

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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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Structured Training Report 2015 Curriculum

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Student Affiliation Scheme

RCEM Careers welcomes applications from Student Societies wishing to be affiliated with the College and can then request event sponsorship. All four ...

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Summer to Recover: A Guide for Clinical Leads

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Summer to Recover: Winter-proofing Urgent and Emergency Care for 2021

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Supporting doctors in the event of a Covid-19 Epidemic in the UK

If COVID19 becomes an established significant epidemic in the UK, NHS and HSC services in primary and secondary care and public health across all four...

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Survey of Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Services in the Emergency Department

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Suspected Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

Guidance bridging the gap between evidence and the need to provide quality care and advice, updated February 2024.

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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:

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The RCEM End of Life Care Toolkit

The presumption in Emergency Medicine is that our aim is to prolong life, however, we should also recognise that alleviating suffering and prioritisin...

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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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Toxicology: RCEM NPIS Antidote Guideline Appendix 1

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Toxicology: RCEM NPIS Antidote Guideline Letter

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Toxicology: RCEM NPIS Antidote Guideline List

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Toxicology Around The World Programme

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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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Trainees Research Engagement Day Programme

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Transition from Trainee to Consultant Study Day Programme

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

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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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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Two-thirds of A&E clinical leads not confident that winter pressures will be safely managed

New briefing shows UEC 10-point recovery plan ‘has failed according to a new snapshot survey from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).

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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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UK CMOs, NHS, GMC & AoMRC joint letter of support

Supporting doctors throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

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Uncovering the Full Picture: How we influenced policymakers to publish the 12-Hour Time of Arrival Data

In February 2023 the Government and NHS England published its Delivery Plan for the Recovery of Urgent and Emergency Care Service...

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Understanding SPC Charts

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Unscheduled Care Facilities: Minimum requirements for units which see the less seriously ill or injured

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UPDATED: RCEM Wellness Compendium

Shielding advice for trainees

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Update on adjustments to FRCEM QIP marking in light of Covid-19

Adjustment to FRCEM QIP Marking

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Update on oversubscribed November FRCEM OSCE

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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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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 the highest proportion of attendances expe...

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Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery 10 Point Action Plan – Briefing

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

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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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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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 that some patients were delayed by 12 hours or more, this i...

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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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Vaccine Pathway Concerns – RCEM/SAM/RCP Guidance

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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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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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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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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 means one in 25 patients were waiting for 12...

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Welcome improvement but urgent action needed to avoid further crisis

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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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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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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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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Yorkshire & Humber Board Newsletter December 2021

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Yorkshire & Humber Board Newsletter January 2022

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Your Questions about the Curriculum Answered – Twitter Q&A

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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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‘Focus on simple solutions’ RCEM says, amid long wait 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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‘The Emergency Care system is not functioning as it should’ as ED 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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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“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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“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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“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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