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Corridor care data welcome but accuracy and action are essential

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By Edd Church
| rcem.ac.uk
11 June 2026 Newly-published data on corridor care is a welcome sign that a national scandal is being taken seriously – but data alone will not make a difference to patient care. This is the key concern from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine today (11 June), following the first-time publication of corridor care data by NHS England. This data reported that there were, on average, 2,241 patients experiencing corridor care on a given day in English Emergency Departments (EDs) in May 2026.
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RCEM responds to calls for a national respect campaign to support NHS staff

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By Edd Church
| rcem.ac.uk
10 June 2026 Responding to the NHS Alliance’s calls for a campaign on respect for NHS staff, Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “Every day in our hospitals, staff experience absolutely vile behaviour from some members of the public. “Physical attacks, verbal abuse and threats of violence have become commonplace. We continue to hear deeply concerning accounts from our members about the abuse they face while caring for patients.
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‘How many deaths will it take before we see a meaningful plan to end the crisis?’: Deaths associated with long ED waits surge almost tenfold over a decade

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By Edd Church
| rcem.ac.uk
8 June 2026 The estimated number of deaths linked to long waits in Emergency Departments across England has surged almost tenfold over the past decade. That’s according to new analysis published today (8 June 2026) in the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) ‘State of Emergency Medicine in England’ report, which conservatively estimates that there were 15,860 excess deaths associated with long waiting times in English EDs in 2025. That’s the lives of 305 people lost every week.
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