SAM president-elect “deeply concerned” about mortality figures in patients using weight loss drugs (25 February)

Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, has today (25 February) reiterated concerns regarding the increasing number of patients being seen in hospital following the use of weight loss medications.  She said: “We are deeply concerned about the latest figures published with respect to mortality in patients using these medicines, particularly as…

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‘Repeated rhetoric and gimmicks won’t prevent further unbearable winters’ – SAM president (30 January)

Commenting on the publication today (30 January) of NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “The current situation is dire. The summer was spent largely at winter levels of pressure and, unsurprisingly, when we entered winter hospitals were overrun.  “There is nothing new in the…

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Weight loss drug complications “not slowing down” says SAM president-elect (18 January)

Commenting in the Mail on Sunday (18 Jan) on an investigation which found hundreds of people are being hospitalised after suffering serious reactions to weight loss drugs, Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “The Society for Acute Medicine warned last year about the number of patients attending hospitals with complications…

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