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VP (Scotland) RCEM & Chair Scottish Board RCEM
Scotland
Joined September 2018
“No amount of yoga or well-meaning wellbeing initiatives will make staff feel better when working in a system that is relentlessly over occupancy.” @VP_Scot_RCEM
@RCollEM @RCEMpresident @RCPEdin @EMAtTheDeepEnd @BMAScotland @DrIainKennedy @lailahpeel
https://t.co/a9eDpkSEu3
healthandcare.scot
The body representing Scotland’s emergency medicine
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The body representing Scotland’s emergency medicine workforce says politicians must listen to staff on the frontline & act to address the crises NHS consultants and their teams are facing day in day out. Read on 👇 @RCollEM @Scotambservice @VP_Scot_RCEM
https://t.co/a9eDpkSEu3
healthandcare.scot
The body representing Scotland’s emergency medicine
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Oh dear: this is what sustained failure in policy and leadership looks like on a graph. On the ground it looks like (usually elderly) patients on trolleys in corridors, some of whom won’t leave hospital when they could have. What’s the plan?
August 2025 was the worst month since records began for patients enduring more than four hour waits in major Welsh Emergency Departments, according to the latest @WelshGovernment stats. Only around half (52%) of patients were seen within four hours that month, even though
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#RCEM10 In May, RCEM leaders had the honour of attending Royal Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace! 👑 https://t.co/5gpZvU5gC5 A proud moment as we celebrate 10 years of being a Royal College, with the support of our Patron, HRH The Princess Royal. Share your EM highlight with
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More than a million people aged 60 and over faced waits of 12 hours or more in England’s A&E’s last year – new analysis from RCEM reveals. And shockingly, the older a person is, the more likely they are to experience a long stay in the ED. It comes following the publication of
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“There must be a point where we go beyond analysis and accept that this is a serious problem that needs urgent political action” - @RCEMpresident Dr Adrian Boyle. New @ONS research concludes that patients who wait in A&E for more than two hours are exposed to an increasing risk
Of people who required non-immediate care in an A&E department in England between 21 March 2021 and 30 April 2022, and did not die during their A&E attendance, 1.3% died within 30 days of returning home or be admitted to inpatient care. ➡️ https://t.co/NyrKVBnsg5
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It's clear that social deprivation increases presentations to emergency care, and now more evidence that alleviating poverty reduces emergency attendance and supports planned care. The challenge now is to move beyond trials and implement this as policy
jamanetwork.com
This randomized study uses electronic health record data to investigate how a monthly cash benefit delivered to low-income individuals affects emergency department and outpatient care utilization in...
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Wonderful to see that so many NHS organisations and their clinicians are committing to supporting Parkinson's patients through the @ParkinsonsEN pledge. This is brilliant progress alongside RCEM's Time Critical Medications (TCM) Quality Improvement Programme (QIP), which is in
People with Parkinson’s are at risk of significant harm if they don’t get their medication on time, every time. Thank you to the 100+ NHS organisations pledging to improve the delivery of time critical Parkinson's medications 👏 #Medsafetyweek Read more: https://t.co/mgY1zFLYdn
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Here’s an idea. Emergency care data is fiddled: hospitals lump patients attending minor injuries units in with the sickest patients in major A&Es. “Site specific reporting” would stop this and allow the focus to be on the patients most at risk. Cost = zero. Deaths ⬇️ @RCollEM
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#Budget24 Position on the funding settlements for the devolved nations. Read in full: https://t.co/xu2gfEBR7T
@VP_Scot_RCEM @RCEMvp_NI @VP_Wales_RCEM #Budget2024 #ResuscitateEmergencyCare #EmergencyMedicine
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The data is clear, when patients are in corridors, patients somewhere are dying unnecessarily. @RCollEM and our members know overcrowding can’t be fixed overnight but it’s time to stop pretending we can provide proper safe or dignified care in corridors. https://t.co/xdKczAWGgD
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We welcome the change to how A&E activity will be recorded in Scotland from February next year. #ResuscitateEmergencyCare
A new methodology to accurately capture all A&E activity in @P_H_S_Official stats will apply from 4 Feb 2025. The move, backed by @RCollEM, means stats will include planned A&E attendances - PHS has confirmed this will have a minimal impact on figures. https://t.co/Yj2e64OFWf
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As we head towards another winter crisis, how do characteristics of an Emergency Department's catchment impact the likelihood of long delays in care? It's complicated. But for us in Scotland, it's clear that urban EDs and their patients will suffer the most. A short 🧵
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Our Royal Patron recognising the work of our specialty for all patients, the importance of research and sharing experiences and patient stories. Stay curious, and what we do for our patients does really matter.
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Once again with feeling. Attendance numbers do not correlate with performance, singular focus on reducing ED census does not work to substantially improve crowding or performance. Acute system capacity and tackling delayed discharge is biggest “bang for buck”
NEW: Four hours performance got demonstrably worse last month despite no significant increase in attendances
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The triple bottom line - better for the environment, better off financially, and equal or better for patient care.
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Joining @RCollEM at the #RCEMasc, and presenting an early look at some work evaluating the effect of the @NavigatorsScot on healthcare use. These programmes may reduce emergency healthcare use, and support a move to planned care. @EMAtTheDeepEnd @MAVscotland @VP_Scot_RCEM
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Are you about to learn how to make your ED more sustainable with Dr Sandy Robertson and Dr James Walton at the #RCEMasc? Quickly read our #blog on making your ED green here @RCEMevents
https://t.co/djGWSJfARP
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GreenED accreditation results presented today at RCEM ASC Conference. See for yourself!
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(I’ve not been around them all yet, so if I have missed some that’s not editorial decision making - but Scotland is brilliantly represented here)
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