Policy
GreenED Programme – The hopes for the future
4th July saw the launch of the RCEM GreenED programme; it is a landmark day in the journey towards sustainable emergency healthcare.
Policy
The value of a trained and trainee emergency physician
There is a view in policy circles that there has been too much investment in frontline emergency services. Recent reports show that Emergency Medicine has been the fastest growing medical specialty over the last 15 years…
Policy
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…
Policy
Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery 10 Point Action Plan
In this briefing from the RCEM Policy Team, we explore what NHS England set out to achieve with the UEC Recovery 10 Point Action Plan, and how well it has fared.
Policy
RCEM CARES: What have we achieved?
In March 2020, just weeks before the first national lockdown, we launched our flagship RCEM CARES campaign. The campaign focused on addressing the mismatch between demand and capacity in the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) system by tackling Crowding, Access, Retention, Experience, and Safety. Although the CARES campaign was Read more…
Policy
What’s behind the increase in demand in Emergency Departments?
This analysis is the first instalment of RCEM’s acute insight series. The series aims to use data and evidence to analyse and explain trends in Emergency Department activity. If you have any questions, please get in touch with policy@rcem.ac.uk Levels of Emergency Department (ED) attendances and subsequent admissions are not Read more…
Policy
President’s Blog July 2016
July 2016 – Recently the college published a key report entitled ‘Why does winter in A&E get worse every year’. The report is on our website but appreciating that time is a scarce commodity I have summarized some of the key messages here.