Richard Lowsby

🌍 Honouring a legacy, empowering Global Emergency Medicine. RCEM's William Rutherford International Award celebrates excellence in emergency care and humanitarian work in low- and middle-income countries. This award recognises those continuing William Rutherford's legacy of compassion, innovation, and resilience in challenging EM settings. 🏆 The recipient and a chosen collaborator will be invited to co-present their work at a national RCEM conference, with travel, accommodation, and registration costs covered. 📅 Nominations for the 2026 award are open until 5pm, 1 December 2025. If you're a Fellow or Member of RCEM and know someone making a difference—or if that someone is you—apply or nominate today. 🔗 rcem.ac.uk/awards-for-qua… 📧 Questions? Contact: globalem@rcem.ac.uk

🌍 Are you an LMIC-based researcher with a great idea in Emergency Care? RCEM is trialling a new initiative to help connect you with UK-based collaborators for the upcoming grant round. Submit a 300-word abstract by 14 August 2025 to be matched with potential RCEM members or fellows. 🔗 Learn more and apply: rcem.ac.uk/lower-middle-i… Let’s build global partnerships in EM research!

Our @KingsGHP latest newsletter is out now🗞️ ➡️New funding for maternal healthcare #Somaliland ➡️Health worker wellbeing project 🇿🇲 ➡️Global Health MSc students' research 🇬🇲 ➡️WHO's Surgical Safety Checklist short course💻 mailchi.mp/kcl.ac.uk/kghp…

Our programme is looking pretty good if we do say so ourselves! 🎟️Don't miss out on your ticket before July! Waitlist will open once capacity is reached tinyurl.com/sc3duxn5

📢 UK-Med has provided over 500,000 consultations to people in #Gaza 📢 A devastating milestone to have reached. 🔴 Thousands of injuries 🔴 Millions displaced, some more than 10 times 🔴 Less than 5 fully functioning hospitals ➡️ uk-med.org/2025/06/12/500… KEEP THE HOSPITALS OPEN

Join global EM experts for a unique SCALE Virtual Grand Round on Ebola Virus Disease 🦠🌍 With speakers from Uganda’s frontline response, including the MOH. 🗓️ Apr 29 🕙 10:00 BST / 12:00 EAT 🔗Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… @Global_EM @EmedUg @UUKHAhealth @MUST_EM

📣 Fellowship opportunity 📣 Are you a senior NHS Nurse, Medic, Midwife, Paramedic or Allied Health Professional looking to develop your skills and experience in #globalhealth systems strengthening? Check out our Fellowships starting in April 2025⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/kghp/volunteer…

Excited to share details of our first Virtual Clinical Grand Round of 2025, under the SCALE EM partnership with Uganda 🏥🌍 Join us on Fri 31 Jan with presenters from MUST and C&W NHS Trust - register now! tinyurl.com/dt8txz97 @EmedUg @UUKHAhealth @MUST_EM @Global_EM

We're looking to get in contact with Ethiopian Diaspora working in EM in the UK within our membership base, for an exciting opportunity around training and education development! Please email globalem@rcem.ac.uk if this applies to you and you're interested!

As one of the EMTs in #Gaza under WHO coordination, UK-Med is helping to provide critical medical services in the territory.

📢 Fellowships and volunteer roles with KGHP 📢 Check out the current opportunities to support our health partnership work here 👇 mailchi.mp/kcl.ac.uk/kghp…

🚛 60 pallets of lifesaving medical supplies arrived safely at the UK-Med field hospital in Al Mawasi. These supplies, worth £130,000, are a lifeline for our clinics in #Gaza, enabling us to continue providing emergency healthcare for thousands of ill and injured people.

Kate White, Programme Manager with the UK-Med training team, deployed to the #Gaza Strip earlier in the year. A key part of her role is preparing medics for what they might face in the field, including in Gaza. ➡ Read more: bbc.com/news/articles/…

Are you/your U.K. colleagues involved in emergency care-related research in global health (access-, resource-, or context-, limited healthcare)? If so get in touch so we can update our new page. The more we know the better we can collaborate! 🔬🧫👩🏾‍🔬👨🏼‍💻📑📈 geccouk.com/?page_id=4294

Don't miss out... join us this Wednesday 23rd for our next Grand Clinical Round with presenters from Mbarara (MUST), Uganda! ✏️Register here: tinyurl.com/4rr32s4d @EmedUg @UUKHAhealth @DanielOlinga3

🚨The humanitarian crisis in Gaza will worsen this winter, with thousands of lives at risk as people remain without shelter. The cold & rain could trigger a surge in waterborne diseases, respiratory illnesses, & bacterial infections. Read our statement ➡uk-med.org/2024/10/17/tho…

❗️We have now treated more than 200,000 people in #Gaza. Thank you to the incredible support of our donors, partners, local and international staff. ➡️We will continue to save lives in Gaza. If you want to join us on this mission, donate today- uk-med.org/donate-gaza-ap…

📢Fellowship opportunity📢 We are recruiting a further 4 NHS Medics, Nurses & Midwives to support a hospital workforce & education development programme in Sierra Leone. Duration: 1 year, starting Jan 2025 Apply⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/kghp/volunteer…

There are less than three weeks left to apply for Fellowship or Membership of FRRHH. Successful applicants will have the privilege of using the Postnominals FFRRHHEd or MFRRHHEd and the opportunity to attend a prestigious diploma ceremony. Apply today: bit.ly/466p0fF