Jayne McLaren(Agnew)

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“Behind this statistic are stories of heartbreak. Because these are people. Mums, dads, brothers, sisters, grandparents - their deaths shattering the lives of families and friends.” @RCollEM @RCEMpresident @BMAScotland healthandcare.scot/stories/4289/r…

@RCollEM @VP_Scot_RCEM Winter is coming. We need to see active improvements. Reduce hospital occupancy, improve flow, improve staffing of EDs, improve safety. These deaths are all avoidable.

Healthcare leaders, EM staff and politicians from across the political spectrum have gathered for the event, which has kicked off with an introduction from @VP_Scot_RCEM Dr Fiona Hunter.

@CanadianKayMD @alandrummond2 Completely agree!

@alandrummond2 Agreed. These issues are not unique to us and are not unique to public health systems. Also, just like how we can’t get a heart beating again if there’s no blood to pump, we can’t resuscitate EM without addressing the bleeding in other parts of the system.

Interesting, "Resuscitating" Emergency Medicine. Should be a global movement. Scenes from Canadian ERs.

So vital that we #resuscitateEM now. We are at crisis point. We need government action now to improve corridor waits, improve staffing and improve morale.

Also worth noting 12 hours is not just 12 hours, for some its 24hrs, 48hrs or even longer.

This is damning and worrying data. We know the outcomes for those that wait longer. These are our parents and grandparents. The harm this causes to patients and the moral injury to staff is awful. It has to stop.

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** APPLICATION WINDOW CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY (12/05/25)!! ** Are you passionate about Emergency Medicine? Do you want to help shape the future of the specialty, and influence and advocate for EM clinicians? Then this may be the opportunity for you. Applications for RCEM Vice President roles are open but not for long! Check out more here - rcem.ac.uk/volunteering-o…

Join the College! Advance the specialty of Emergency Medicine. See a full list of opportunities at rcem.ac.uk/volunteering-o… The spotlight positions are: Council & Executive Team: Vice President Membership & Vice Presidents - Closing 12 May 2025 Fife Scottish Board Rep - Closing 23 May 2025

@online_his released their review on EM in GGC. It is a wide reaching document with many recommendations for GGC but also 11 national recommendations. Much of it is applicable across all EDs in Scotland and the UK. National change is needed. healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/publications/n…

@ShaunLintern @eleanorhayward ons.gov.uk/releases/assoc…

Patients are being left to die in overcrowded A&E corridors and their bodies are sometimes not discovered for hours, a report on the NHS has revealed. By @eleanorhayward thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

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. ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

@ONS ‼️ This is really important. The ONS looked at this and found that long stays in EDs are associated with additional deaths. Did we know this before? Yes, but here's why this adds.

We have seen other studies suggesting this but new data published by @ONS confirms the relationship between ED length of stay and mortality. This needs to be urgently addressed.

@RCollEM @RCEM_VP @RCEMpresident Congratulations!

Following the College’s Council meeting this morning we are pleased to announce that Dr Ian Higginson @RCEM_VP has been appointed as the next President of RCEM. 

For now he is President Elect, and will officially take over from Dr Adrian Boyle @RCEMpresident after our AGM in the autumn.  Huge Congratulations Higgi from all at the College! 🎉

@RCollEM Looking forward to working with @feefifofum999 as she moves into @VP_Scot_RCEM and the whole RCEM Scotland board.

Dr Jayne McLaren, Emergency Medicine Consultant at NHS Ayrshire and Arran, has been elected as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s new Vice Chair for Scotland. Read her first announcement as Vice Chair: rcem.ac.uk/dr-jayne-mclar…

Only 50 days until #SchoolFeeVAT is introduced and this new data, adds to a bleak picture. The impact of #SchoolFeeVAT on state schools and children's education is undeniable, it's clear that the Govt has got it's projections very wrong. Here's what we know: ⬇️ISC reported: A 1.7% drop in ind. school student numbers in Sept, including a 4.6% decline in Year 7 —around 10,500 fewer students on roll vs 2023. ⬇️In-year transfer applications: 200 LAs have reported 3,000 in-year transfer applications, with 85 LAs still to respond, suggesting around 5,000 applicants. ⬇️ISC report that 2,550 students have served notice to leave 900 independent schools in Jan, with the total across all 2,600 schools likely even higher. This is just the tip of the iceberg as it should come as no surprise that: Parents will protect their children’s education, they will strain every sinew to avoid in-year transfers, which educators recommend avoiding, especially during GCSE/A-level years. Parents will wait for the right "jump-off point" for an unfunded state school place. The Govt should expect medium-term displacement to be far greater than their projected 3000 in 2024/5 and longer term 35,000 The full impact won’t be clear for a few years, but by then, much damage will have already been done to children, state schools and our world leading independent school sector. Parents will seek a formal review of this pernicious tax and the Govt must be held to account each year. There is time to #FindABetterWay and @UKLabour should scrap #SchoolFeeVAT #EducationNotTax

@drcarolinej Thankyou for speaking so eloquently in the debate today.

So does Sir Kier Starmer think it’s fair for him to accept donations to help HIS son with exams? While the Labour Government make families working hard to earn their OWN money to pay for their children’s education earn extra for VAT?

@Kevin_Fong Extraordinarily powerful Kevin. You put what we experienced front and centre. I had tears in my eyes listening. Thank you from a fellow NHS consutlant

Thank you to the many thousands of people across the whole of the NHS & social care who helped deliver the care during the pandemic. Has been a strange and difficult day. But felt it was important to give witness to some small part of the enormity of the challenge we all faced.