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.
4th July saw the launch of the RCEM GreenED programme; it is a landmark day in the journey towards sustainable emergency healthcare.
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…..
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…
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…
A few weeks ago, we flipped our emergency department. Appalled at the sight of strong, reliable nurses in tears at the effort of trying to triage ambulance patients on the back corridor…
In February 2023 the Government and NHS England published its Delivery Plan for the Recovery of Urgent and Emergency Care Service…
I am rather excited to be writing my first blog as Vice President for Membership at RCEM. Having been in post since October 2022, there has been a lot to take in and learn, but far more to be getting on with…
Much is written about our staffing in Emergency Departments, but much of that is focused on our Junior Doctor (of all tiers) and Consultant groups. I thought it an opportune moment to reflect on two of the groups…
A piece from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine with regards to the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and NW Syria…..
Last week saw the unprecedented walk out by postgraduate doctors training in England for 72 continuous hours. Like many of my Consultant colleagues, I was apprehensive about what this might mean for our patients.