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CEM - Current Issues & Statements

 

For press queries regarding College statements please contact:

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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.

 

 





Documents

Independent Inquiry into Mid-Staffs (pdf)
CEM Response Statement
Download Posted 24 Feb 2010 (Hit Count 1370)
AoMRC advice on SPAs in consultant job planning - Feb 2010 (pdf)
Download Posted 15 Feb 2010 (Hit Count 790)
Regional Trauma Systems - Interim Guidance for Commissioners (pdf)
Intercollegiate Group on Trauma Standards - Dec 09
Download Posted 5 Jan 2010 (Hit Count 375)
CMACE - Head injury in children enquiry (pdf)
Call for panel assessors Nov 09
Download Posted 1 Dec 2009 (Hit Count 256)
CEM response - CQC report Basildon and Thurrock University hospitals NHSFT (pdf)
Download Posted 27 Nov 2009 (Hit Count 320)
CEM response to deanery withdrawal of training (pdf)
Download Posted 30 Oct 2009 (Hit Count 749)
Major Trauma Networks - FAQs (pdf)
Prepared by NW Regional Chair - 29 Sept 2009
Download Posted 29 Sep 2009 (Hit Count 730)
Role of the EM consultant 'on call' (pdf)
Download Posted 17 Aug 2009 (Hit Count 2462)
CEM press statement - RCP Report: women and medicine (pdf)
Download Posted 11 Jun 2009 (Hit Count 774)
EWTD press statement (pdf)
The College welcomes a review of the effects of EWTD
Download Posted 27 May 2009 (Hit Count 1025)
College statement re: Stafford Hospital  (pdf)
Download Posted 20 Mar 2009 (Hit Count 1288)
Response to consultation on IMGs and training (pdf)
Download Posted 20 Oct 2007 (Hit Count 1448)
Letter to members re the TOOKE enquiry (pdf)
Download Posted 8 Oct 2007 (Hit Count 1553)
Guidelines for use of members details (pdf)
Download Posted 1 Aug 2007 (Hit Count 1177)
Joint statement on Urgent Care Centres (pdf)
Download Posted 27 Jul 2007 (Hit Count 2705)
BMA Survey of A&E Waiting Times (pdf)
Download Posted 30 Jun 2007 (Hit Count 2008)
Stress in the Emergency Department (pdf)
Download Posted 23 Jun 2007 (Hit Count 2813)
Hit Count : 30203 | Last updated : 5 Mar 2010



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