NHS England’s Model Emergency Department guidance asks trusts to include demand and capacity modelling in implementation plans. But that is harder than it sounds. Much of future emergency care demand comes from residual factors such as technology, supply-induced demand and access barriers, which traditional modelling often misses.
Model Emergency Department, Capacity and Demand Read More
An emergency care perspective on NHS England’s December 2025 corridor care guidance. The article examines its exclusions, board accountability and escalation tools, alongside the gap between stronger governance and the resources needed to eliminate corridor care.
Making Sense of the Latest Corridor Care Update: Red Lines and Resources Read More
Patients are consulting AI more and more before attending ED. What does the research say, and how should clinicians respond? Some great advice on what to do when this happens.
Your Patient Already Asked ChatGPT Read More
The NHS drowns in innovation whilst repair work goes unsupported. Why Bronson’s Design as Repair framework matters for emergency medicine.
Design as repair: what Emergency Medicine can learn (and why it is so hard) Read More
A retrospective review of 600 patients treated for suspected sepsis in US emergency departments raises questions about antibiotic overtreatment. We examine the study’s use of hindsight, possible treatment-related harms and how its findings translate to UK practice.
JC: Are we overtreating suspected sepsis with broad-spectrum antibiotics? Read More
An imagined look back from 2038 asks how emergency medicine might recover from its current pressures. The piece explores virtual emergency departments, artificial intelligence, collaborative leadership and cultural change as parts of a possible future, rather than a record of events that have happened.
Looking Back from 2038: How We Fixed Emergency Medicine Read More
How do emergency responders experience moral injury? A small UK mixed-methods study explores loss of trust in others, oneself and authority. This journal club considers those different perspectives and what they might mean for organisational support beyond individual resilience.
JC: When helping hurts – moral injury and the erosion of trust for UK emergency responders Read More
What changed in NHS England’s urgent and emergency care plan for 2025/26? This analysis examines its emphasis on shared accountability and care coordination, alongside concerns about funding, workforce capacity and the challenge of turning national ambitions into local improvements.
The Urgent & Emergency Care Plan 2025/26: Evolution, Promise & Challenges Read More
