“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 College of Emergency Medicine, said: “The latest data show emergency care remains in crisis. Patients continue to face […]
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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 Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “I was pleased to be invited and attend the NHS Recovery Forum […]
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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 College of Emergency Medicine, said: “The government needs to wake up; the Urgent and Emergency Care system […]
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12 hour wait times for 30k : ‘We are seeing the sharp demise of the health service’, RCEM says as 30,000 patients wait more than 12-hours in A&Es in England in July. Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for July 2022, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency […]
‘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 Medicine, Dr Katherine Henderson said: “Today’s data is once again another reminder of the depth of the crisis and […]
RCEM responds to 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 unprecedented 17 percentage point decrease on 2020” and “the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since 1997, when satisfaction fell […]
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RCEM welcomes NHS England’s Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery 10 Point Action Plan: Commenting on the publication of the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Recovery 10 Point Action Plan by NHS England yesterday, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome this 10-point action plan published by NHS England. The […]
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‘It is absolutely essential that masks are worn by everyone in A&Es’: Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has stated that it is absolutely essential that patients and visitors in Emergency Departments continue to protect themselves and others with face masks, hand washing and social distancing. Dr Katherine Henderson said: […]
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RCEM calls for an increase in staffing after survey finds 3 in 5 A&E staff have experienced burnout: The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is calling for UK governments to act now to achieve safe staffing levels in Emergency Departments after a workforce survey found that three in five Emergency Medicine staff say they have […]