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CEM - Current Issues & Statements
For press queries regarding College statements please contact:
Red Door Communications (Tel: 020 8392 8040, Fax: 020 8392 8050, Email: info@rdcomms.com)
Primary Care and Emergency Departments (Mar 2010). CEM welcomes this report from the Primary Care Foundation. Click here for full details.
National Audit Office: Major Trauma Care in England (Feb 2010). This report is avilable on the NAO website at http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/0910/major_trauma_care.aspx
CEM response statement: Independent inquiry into care provided by Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust: January 2005 - March 2009 (Feb 2010) please download here
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - Advice on Supporting Professional Activities in consultant job planning. CEM welcomes this statement and would note the benefits for patients of Consultants having adequate SPA time to develop and maintain a high quality service (Feb 2010) - here
Regional Trauma Systems: Interim guidance for commissioners. Report from the Intercollegiate group for trauma standards (Dec 09) - here
CEM Audits: Summary of key findings from 2003-2008 - here
National Confidential Enquiry into Head Injury in Children: Call for panel assessors - here
CEM response to the CQC report re: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - here.
CEM response to a deanery withdrawing training from an ED - this document outlines steps EDs can take to improve patient safety.
GMC Guidance - Confidentiality here.
CEM response to the Independent review of NHS and Social Care IT - the CEM IT & Casemix subcommittee has published a statement which can be downloaded here.
AGM and CEM Subscriptions - CEM President John Heyworth outlines the key messages from the 2009 AGM here (Please note you must log in to view this page).
Major Trauma Networks: FAQs - click here for a summary of developments in trauma networks prepared by the NW Regional Chair, Patrick Nee, for colleagues in the North West, which is of interest and relevance to all Fellows and Members (29/09/2009).
BMA guidance - Job Planning and the Consultant Contract - here
Role of the consultant 'on call' - CEM Statement
CEM welcomes a new report, Women and medicine: the future, published by the Royal College of Physicians of London - CEM Press Statement
College welcomes review into impact of EWTD on junior doctor training - CEM Press Statement
College bulletin regarding swine influenza - here
College statement regarding Stafford Hospital - download here
Intercollegiate Committee for Services for Children in Emergency Departments document about short stay assessment units is published on the RCPCH website - here
Results of an All party enquiry into carbon monoxide poisoning - here
HPA carbon monoxide algorithm for medical professionals - here
The Way Ahead 2008-2012 - Way Ahead
College position statement on Alcohol - Alcohol
College response to the consultation on the NHS constitution - response
HRH The Princess Royal presents the Royal Charter to the College - CEM Press Statement
Healthcare Commission report "Not just a matter of time" - CEM Press Statement
An update from the President on the acitivities of the College is available here.
Role of the consultant with subspecialty training in PEM
A new document from the RCPCH and CEM jointly defining the role of the consultant Paediatrician with a PEM subspecialty interest is available here.
EMJ archive
The complete archive for the EMJ is now available to members at the site below:
http://emj.bmj.com/contents-by-date.0.dtl
National Audit of complications in RSI and of Emergency department RSI
Please click here for information about a national audit starting on September 1st. Further details are available on the Royal College of Anaesthetists website
http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/index.asp?PageID=1089
GMC - reporting knife crime - see below for advice
The College of Emergency Medicine's press release on the NHS Review is available to download below.
The Future of Emergency Care
There is a new sub-section for reconfiguration where all documents relating to new models of care are provided. Please go to the menu on the left to find this section.
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