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The College, supported by its Royal Patron, Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, advances education and research in Emergency Medicine. It sets training standards, administers examinations for Fellowship and Membership, and recommends trainees for CCT. Committed to high-quality patient care, the College sets and monitors emergency department standards and provides expert policy guidance on Emergency Medicine
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‘If this is summer, what will winter be like?’: England’s EDs experience second worse July on record for 12 hour waits
14/08/25 – The government must heed the alarm bells ahead of winter as Emergency Departments across England experience substantial pressure over summer.
‘Shocking and shameful’: 51,400 older people endured dangerous 12 hour waits in Scotland’s A&Es last year
New analysis from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine reveals record numbers of extreme long waits older patients in 2024.
‘Emergency Medicine clinicians are struggling to do the one thing they came into medicine to do – provide care’
07/08/2025 – RCEM responds to GMC workplace experiences survey 2025.
Number of people facing extreme waits in Scotland’s A&E ‘unacceptable and dangerous’ – RCEM
05/08/2025 – Number of people facing extreme waits in Scotland’s A&E ‘unacceptable and dangerous’
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