The number of people dying needlessly in A&E soars on a Monday as hospitals are stretched to the limit

Adrian Boyle said the data clearly signposted an “increased risk” at the start of the week 👇

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Front page news today The Times and The Sunday Times and The Independent

That 'wow' moment when you stumble across a great, truly thought provoking, #tv #documentary ! So 'thanks' Darren Mcgarvey Darren McGarvey for 'The State We're In: Health' episode. It's one EVERYONE should watch Dr Rachel Clarke ! Please repost/retweet #NHS
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Come and join us on 15th/16th May in Fundee for a fun programme with some excellent CPD RCEM Events VP_Scotland_RCEM and a social event too!

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'We need intervention from Scottish Government and policy makers to ensure we never reach this nadir again'

RCEM VP JP Loughrey responds - new data released for Scotland reveals January was the worst month on record for people waiting to be seen in A&E 👇
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'We urge the government to move away from short-term firefighting towards long-term, fundamental change'

Read our VP Scotland Dr JP Loughrey's response to this report here👇

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Abstract submissions welcome for the Scottish RCEM conference 2024 VP_Scotland_RCEM

My 86 year old mother was asked by her doctor to go the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff at 4pm yesterday to get a severe chest infection assessed. She’s still there, sitting stoically on a hard plastic chair all night. What’s going on? #NHSCrisis

A NHS Scotland version would be helpful.

📢'I will not accept normalisation of this awful phenomenon ... it genuinely doesn’t have to be like this.'

Ian Higginson 🌈 Dr Ian Higginson explains why RCEM has updated its guidance on Emergency Department crowding.

▶️Read here: tinyurl.com/rcemEDCBlog

Crowding in A&Es is affecting tens of thousands of staff and patients every day Ian Higginson 🌈

We have updated our Emergency Department Crowding Guidance to support Emergency Medicine clinicians and their patients during this crisis.

▶️Full details: rcem.ac.uk/rcem-updates-e…

Join us in Dundee for the Scottish EM Conference 2024 on 15-16 May
📣 Abstract submissions are now open
🏆Prizes for the winning presentations in the free papers and student categories
🎤 Oral presentations & poster opportunities are available
VP_Scotland_RCEM Fiona Hunter 💙

🚨🧵Here is the clip (1/3) of Ian Higginson 🌈 on BBC Breakfast discussing 'corridor care'. Dr Higginson discusses the distressing and uncomfortable waits that patients experience and the extremely challenging conditions staff are working under. Both patients & staff deserve better.

Rare opportunity to join our consultant team. Multiple posts available as we look to innovate and change our front door system with a big shiny new hospital on the horizon!! apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

This is very much needed, looking forward to seeing the final version. Great work.

EM Consultants/post FRCEM trainees we need you! Calling all potential new RCEM Single Best Answer question authors for the Primary/Intermediate/Final to learn from the experts! Come join our fabulous teams. RCEM Events VP_Scotland_RCEM Simon Carley

My cauda-equinaversary today, we have got to do better in the NHS for this condition, 24/7 MRI access is a must.

What we are seeing in our departments- the oldest patients have the longest delays. These delays cause harm & cost lives with older people being disproportionately affected. #RCEMasc

Nitazenes, likely to see more of these potent synthetic opioids in the near future due to the disruption of heroin production. Give naloxone, likely to need more of it #RCEMasc