SAM has always been committed to the highest standards of practice. Please find below documents relating to our standards of quality:

• Quality Standards in Acute Medical Units June 2012 published in association with the West Midlands Quality Service Review.
• Clinical Quality Indicators for Acute Medical Units
• Silver Book, June 2012 published by the British Geriatrics Society and dealing specifically with the emergency care needs of older patients

The Royal College of Physicians has published a series of acute care toolkits:

• Acute Care Toolkit 1: Handover; May 2011
• Acute Care Toolkit 2: High-quality acute care; October 2011
• Acute Care Toolkit 3: Acute medical care for frail older people; March 2012
• Acute Care Toolkit 4: Delivering a 12-hour consultant presence on the acute medical unit published in association with the Society for Acute Medicine; October 2012
• Acute Care Toolkit 5: Teaching on the acute medical unit; November 2012
• Acute Care Toolkit 6: The Medical Patient At Risk; May 2013

Additional information is available on the RCPL website. 

The Academy of Medical Royal College Report, Dr Chris Roseveare was co-chair of the subcommitee:

• Seven-day consultant present care, December 2012 - also available on their website.