Committees
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).
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Diwali and the Emergency Department: Navigating Diversity Amidst Challenges
Diwali, the festival of lights, is a time of celebration and reflection for millions around the world. Diwali, also known as Deepavali, holds profound significance in Hinduism.
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Gypsy, Roma and Traveller month
My heritage is Irish travellers. My grandparents on my mother’s side travelled down from Blackpool and set up home in Derbyshire. We continue many traveller traditions within our family…..
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The 75th anniversary of Windrush and the impact it had on the NHS.
Today, we join the nation in commemorating Windrush Day, a day that holds immense significance in recognising the invaluable contributions of the Windrush generation to the NHS…
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ACP – Past, Present & Future: A Brief Overview & RCEM Position
In this blog RCEM Vice President, Lisa Munro-Davies looks at the the history of Advanced Clinical Practice, the latest national developments, and what the future might hold.
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Windrush Day
In this guest blog, to commemorate Windrush Day 2022, Dr David Chung, Co-Chair of RCEM’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, explores the background of and pays tribute to the Windrush generation. When I was a child, the name Windrush was not a thing. I was a West Indian, but our Read more…
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Clean Air Day 2022
In this month’s blog, Chair of RCEM’s Environmental Special Interst Group, Dr Sandy Robertson, looks at the impact pollution has on the body to mark Clean Air Day 2022. Today is Clean Air Day, with this year’s message highlighting that air pollution dirties every organ in the body. We know Read more…
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RCEM Membership Survey 2021
In this blog, RCEM Vice President for Membership, Dr Carole Gavin looks at the feedback members gave us via our survey at the end of 2021, and the improvements we are making as a result. Thank you to all our members that responded to our membership feedback survey at the Read more…
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The best and the worst of the NHS
In this month’s guest blog Dr Graham Johnson, Consultant Emergency and Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Royal Derby Hospital, discusses his family’s recent experience of receiving care. Last Thursday I had the pleasure of experiencing the very best of the NHS. My son had an elective orthopaedic procedure at the Robert Read more…
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Giving the NHS the tools it needs to act on the climate emergency
Whilst we are all in the middle of coping with the Emergency care crisis there is unfortunately also a need to address the climate emergency and the healthcare problems it will bring. At RCEM work is underway to find out how to make the practice of Emergency Medicine environmentally sustainable Read more…