Adrian Boyle

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Adrian Boyle is a British consultant and emergency physician at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England. In October 2022, he succeeded Katherine Henderson as the President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. [1]

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Education

Adrian Boyle qualified as a doctor from the University of Southampton and undertook house jobs in Southampton and Portsmouth. The registrar for his Portsmouth house job was former Royal College President Clifford Mann. He also undertook medical training in Tygerberg and holds a masters in epidemiology and biostatistics, as well as a Doctorate on domestic violence, both from the University of Cambridge. [2]

Research and career

Prior to becoming president, Dr Boyle was previously Vice President of Policy. [3] As Vice President, Boyle highlighted how more than a thousand patients a day, spent at least 12 hours waiting in A&E, during 2021 and called for action and investment in social care. [4] Additionally, Dr Boyle was a key author of the report produced by RCEM in November 2021, which demonstrated that overcrowding and extended stays had seen over 4,500 excess deaths from 2020 to 2021. [5]

As President, Boyle has spoken about the significant risks that excessive waiting times posed to elderly patients, describing hospitals as "lobster traps". [6] [7] He has also highlighted how Ambulances were becoming "wards on wheels" and described the hospital system as 'collapsing'. [8] [9] In December 2022, he spoke about the anxieties within the healthcare sector, surrounding the nurses' and ambulance strikes, and criticised NHS bosses' recommendation for hospitals to free up more beds. [10]

In the same month Dr Boyle issued a statement alongside four other medical royal colleges calling for the UK government to increase and prioritise investment in ambulance services, mental health, primary care and social care. [11]

In January 2023, Dr Boyle told the Health Select Committee that December 2022 had been the NHS' worst-ever December. [12]

In July 2023, Dr Boyle criticised the NHS England's urgent and emergency care winter plan, writing in the Independent that it will do little to resolve the current situation . [13]

In September of the same year, Boyle branded Emergency Department waiting times as a 'matter of national shame'. [14]

In April, 2024, Boyle warned that excessively long waits continued to 'put patients at risk of serious harm'. [15]

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ Beedle, James (2022-03-17). "The Royal College of Emergency Medicine elects its fourth President". RCEM. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  2. ↑ "EMJ interview with new RCEM President, Adrian Boyle | from the president". 13 October 2022.
  3. ↑ https://rcem.ac.uk/dr-adrian-begins-term-as-rcem-president/
  4. ↑ Lay, Kat (23 June 2023). "Thousand A&E patients a day wait 12 hours or more" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  5. ↑ https://res.cloudinary.com/studio-republic/images/v1637155630/RCEM_Why_Emergency_Department_Crowding_Matters/RCEM_Why_Emergency_Department_Crowding_Matters.pdf
  6. ↑ Johnson, Alan (November 14, 2022). "Hospitals now 'bad places' that 'harm' vulnerable patients, warns top A&E doctor". mirror.
  7. ↑ "'A&E is absolute chaos - I spent 15 hours on a trolley'". BBC News. December 8, 2022.
  8. ↑ "My mum's 40-hour wait to get to A&E with hip break". BBC News. December 1, 2022.
  9. ↑ McFadden, Brendan (November 26, 2022). "About 4,000 patients a day are spending more than 12 hours in A&E, top doctor warns". inews.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Hospitals told to free up beds for ambulance strike". BBC News. December 16, 2022.
  11. ↑ Limb, Matthew (2022). "NHS must prioritise what it can deliver under current constraints, say doctors' leaders". BMJ. 379: o2981. doi:10.1136/bmj.o2981. PMID   36593560. S2CID   254451290.
  12. ↑ "Dreaded Covid-flu twindemic cost NHS this winter". 24 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "NHS England's plan is not enough to avert disaster this winter | Adrian Boyle". The Independent. 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  14. ↑ "400,000 faced 24 hours in A&E last year as NHS chaos branded 'matter of national shame'". 25 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Reality of NHS A&E departments as expert warns patients are in 'grave danger' | Express.co.uk". 9 April 2024.
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