The College is established to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. The College is responsible for setting standards of training and administering examinations in Emergency Medicine for the award of Fellowship and Membership of the College as well as recommending trainees for CCT in Emergency Medicine. The College works to ensure high quality care by setting and monitoring standards of care, and providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.
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Abuse of health and care staff - AoMRC Joint Statement (October 2021)
NHSE UEC Recovery 10 Point Action Plan – Implementation guide (September 2021)
Dr Katherine Henderson, President of RCEM, discusses her career and current issues facing Emergency Medicine with Medspire (Podcast 17 September 2021)
Letter from the Secretary of State on support for veterans and the OpCourage initiative (25 August 2021)
Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (25 August 2021)
Becton Dickinson Blood Specimen Collection Portfolio supply disruption (16 August 2021)
Latest Emergency Care data shows NI health service in a 'serious situation' (11 August 2021)
What's behind the increase in demand in Emergency Departments? (10 August 2021)
Statement on the May 2021 FRCEM OSCE (30 July 2021)
Research Grants (26 July 2021)
Showcase of Good Practice 2021 (26 July 2021)
Results of the June 2021 MRCEM OSCE (19 July 2021)
Better Together: Collaborative Working Between Emergency and Critical Care (14 July 2021)
Death of Dr John Thurston (14 July 2021)
Retain, Recruit, Recover: Our Call for Action to Improve the Urgent and Emergency Care System (12 July 2021)
Letter to the Foreign Secretary calling for the release of Professor Maw Maw Oo (6 July 2021)
Scotland's Emergency Medicine Workforce Census (5 July 2021)
MP briefing - 'RCEM Explains: Hospital Beds' (28 June 2021)
Vaccine pathway concerns - RCEM/SAM/RCP guidance (25 May 2021)
Clinically Ready to Proceed - Position Statement (21 May 2021)
Message of solidarity from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine to health care workers in India (4 May 2021)
Summer to Recover - Guide for Clinical Leads (30 April 2021)
Summer to Recover: Winter-proofing Urgent and Emergency Care for 2021 (20 April 2021)
Joint Statement - calling for urgent release of Professor Maw Maw Oo (19 April 2021)
Joint statement on Myanmar (19 April 2021)
Vaccine pathway concerns - RCEM/SAM/RCP guidance (12 April 2021)
Your questions about the Curriculum answered – Twitter Q&A (30 March 2021)
RCEM & College of Paramedics Joint Statement: Ambulance Handover Delays - Options Appraisal to Support Good Decision Making (March 2021)
RCEM Statement on vaccine hesitancy (March 2021)
RCEM CARES: Spotlight on: Access Joint letter to Trust CEOs with RCP and SAM
RCEM CARES: Spotlight on: Access - Letter to Policymakers (England)
National Recruitment ACCS EM (March 2021)
Your questions about Exams answered – Twitter Q&A (2 March 2021)
Letter to the Chancellor regarding the Spring Budget 2021 (March 2021)
Joint letter to Foreign Secretary 2021: UN Political Declaration (1 March 2021)
RCEM Wales Manifesto (18 February 2020)
RCEM position on the Clinical Review of Standards (February 2021)
RCEM Cares - Retention - Policymaker Brief for MPs (England) (February 2021)
RCEM National Quality Improvement Projects 2019/20 – Care of Children Report (January 2021)
RCEM PPE ethnic minorities and risk in EDs during the pandemic (January 2021)
RCEM EDI Statement on Terminology (January 2021)
New study: Psychological Distress and Trauma in Doctors Providing Frontline Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom and Ireland (18 January 21)
UK CMOs, NHS, GMC & AoMRC joint letter – supporting doctors throughout the pandemic (12 January 2021)
RCEM statement on national recruitment (11 January 2021)
AoMRC statement on vaccination and second doses (Jan 2021)
RCEM Scotland 2021 Holyrood Manifesto (2nd January 2021)
Legacy Document - Learning from the first phase of the Coronavirus Pandemic (November 2020)
EMTA meets RCEM - Series of videos looking at the work of the College, our committees & working groups
RCEM CARES - Safety - Trust CEO brief
RCEM CARES - Safety - Policymaker brief (17 December 2020)
RCEM CARES - Crowding policymaker brief (Wales) (17 December 2020)
Letter from HM Treasury to Dr Katherine Henderson (December 2020)
Letter to Trust CEOs - Crowding (3 December 2020)
RCEM CARES - Crowding policymaker brief (Scotland) (1 December 2020)
Letter to MPs on Tiers (30 November 2020)
Letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak regarding the Comprehensive Spending Review (19 November 2020)
RCEM CARES - Crowding policymaker brief (November 2020)
Letter to the profession from CMOs, NHS and Colleges (November 2020)
Key Questions for Clinical Leads (November 2020)
RCN & RCEM Nursing Workforce Standards (November 2020)
Recruitment Plans 2021: Covid update
Position statement: Governance responsibilities for patients who do not attend booked appointments in Emergency Departments (October 2020)
RCEM & Healthwatch - FAQs on NHS 111 First
Annual Report and Accounts 2019
RCEM submission to the government's Comprehensive Spending Review (September 2020)
RCEM TSC Advice for Shielding Trainees
UPDATED: RCEM Wellness Compendium (Sept 2020)
RCEM Guidance: What to do if your ED is becoming crowded again after the initial COVID period
EMJ Podcast: Can COVID-19 be an opportunity for the future of Emergency Departments?
Training update - 'Shaping the Future Direction of Training and RCEM’s response to COVID-19' webinar recording
Equality and Diversity - presentation about the Black Lives Matter movement and structural racism in the NHS
COVID-19: Explaining the Legal and Ethical Dimensions and Providing Professional & Public Guidance - briefings for each of the UK nations
EMJ Supplement blog from RCEM President and VP Policy: 'COVID-19: resetting ED care'
Changing RCEM in response to the Charity Governance Code
RCEM Scotland Position Statement: The Four-Hour Emergency Access Standard (July 2020)
Position Statement: The case for a radical shake up of the Emergency Care system in England before winter (July 2020)
Statement on the FRCEM Final SAQ examination 9 July sitting
RCEM & NASMeD Adult Cardiac Arrest Arrival at ED document summary statement
RCEM & NASMeD: The management of ADULT cardiac arrest patients taken to EDs during the Covid-19 Pandemic (June 2020)
Update on adjustments to FRCEM QIP marking in light of COVID-19 (June 2020)
Katherine Henderson speaks to Simon Carley on the RCEM CPD Podcast featuring an important update on the latest RCEM policy
RCEM Position Statement ‘COVID-19: Resetting Emergency Department Care’
Colleges joint letter to Lord Deighton about PPE
Buddy System (April 2020)
Supporting doctors in the event of a Covid19 Epidemic in the UK
Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for clinicians
AoMRC statement on professionalism and article in The Times
Side by side: A UK-wide consensus statement on working together to help patients with mental health needs in acute hospitals
Coronavirus: latest information and advice
CMO for England statement on the Wuhan novel coronavirus
Safety Flash: Anorexia Nervosa
Safety Flash: Undetected button and coin cell battery ingestion in children
Statement from the Secretary of State on the Clinician Pension Tax Scheme
RCEM and RCPCH position statement on winter pressures in children’s emergency care settings
Joint Statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care
The Wellness Compendium iBOOK (April 2019)
EM-POWER: A practical guide to flexible working and good EM rota design
EM-POWER: Returning to EM Clinical Practice
RCEM Guidance: Mental Health Toolkit 2019
Safety Flash: Major Trauma in Older People (ISS > 15)
NEW: Traumatic Cardiac Arrest in Adults (September 2019)
RCEM endorses new FICM guidance on care at the end of life
RCEM launch new Education Strategy