Position Statements
‘Data shows desperate need for government to turn attention to threat of winter’ says SAM president-elect (14 November)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (14 November), Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “This data shows there is a desperate need for the government to turn its attention to the threat of winter and the actions it needs to take to reduce the impact of the…
Read More‘Government league table reforms could have significant detrimental effect’ – SAM president (13 November)
Commenting on an announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care about the introduction of a new league table of NHS providers among other reforms being outlined today (13 November), Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “The NHS continues to find itself in an eternal crisis with no light…
Read More‘Need action not words on NHS’ – SAM president (26 October)
Commenting on polling for The Daily Telegraph that has found patients are avoiding NHS services (26 October), Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “It is worrying to hear a trend that patients may be avoiding NHS services due to perceived long waits, but it is understandable given the scenes portrayed in…
Read More‘Urgent social care investment needed in immediate period’ says SAM past president (25 October)
Commenting ahead of the upcoming Budget, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said (25 October): “We need to get a position where capacity is able to meet demand and that will only be possible through tackling the workforce and estates issues that currently exist and are impeding the ability…
Read More‘Urgent and emergency care services critically overloaded’ says SAM president-elect (24 October)
The British Geriatrics Society has today (24 October) warned of its grave concerns about the impact of the winter months on the health and wellbeing of older people and has proposed seven evidence-based actions to the government that will make a sustainable difference. These have been backed by 22 organisations including the Society for Acute…
Read More‘Shocking data shows dangers that lie ahead’ – SAM president (23 October)
Commenting on new data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats which revealed more than one million patients faced waits of 12 hours or more in A&E in England so this year (23 October), Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “This is shocking data which provides further evidence of the dangers that…
Read More‘NHS continues in eternal winter with no light at end of the tunnel’ says SAM immediate past president (20 October)
Commenting on health secretary Wes Streeting’s suggestion on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that hospitals could be penalised/have extra funding withheld if they are not seen as being productive enough, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “The NHS continues to find itself in an eternal crisis with no…
Read More12-hour waits “a dire situation” for patients – SAM immediate past president (10 October)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (10 October), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “This latest data emphasises yet again the scale of the problems we face this winter given the significant increase in 12-hour waits on the same time last year – up more…
Read More‘Latest performance data shows scale of the short-term challenge’ says SAM president (12 September)
Following the release today (Thursday, 12 September) of Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the NHS in England and the latest NHS performance data, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “As the government sets out its long-term agenda in response to the Darzi report today, the latest monthly performance data demonstrates…
Read MoreDarzi investigation will highlight problems raised over many years – SAM president (11 September)
Ahead of the publication of Lord Darzi’s NHS investigation tomorrow (Thursday, 12 September), Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “The Darzi report will highlight all the problems and failings we and many other organisations have been vocal about for many years. “Its publication will coincide with the release of the…
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