Press Releases
SAM echoes concerns raised by RCEM over delayed discharges in Scotland
Commenting on data published by Public Health Scotland on Tuesday (24 June) which revealed there were 720,119 days spent in hospital by people who were well enough to go home during the year 2024/5, Dr Claire Gordon, Scotland representative for the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “SAM shares the concerns raised by the Royal College of Emergency…
Read More‘No let up in strain on urgent and emergency care with 12-hour waits up’ – SAM past president (12 June)
Commenting on the release today (12 June) of the latest NHS performance data, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “There is no let up in the strain on urgent and emergency care with a significant amount of people waiting over 12 hours in emergency departments last month –…
Read More‘Spending review request is simple: investment in staffing and capacity’ – SAM past president (10 June)
Commenting on the upcoming Spending Review for The i Paper (10 June), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “Urgent and emergency care remains in a state of crisis: a microcosm of NHS and social care which is struggling in all areas and completely collapsed in others. Therefore, when…
Read More‘Urgent and emergency care plan won’t prevent corridor care’ warns SAM past president (06 June)
Commenting on the launch today (06 June) of the government’s urgent and emergency care plan, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “While it is refreshing to see an announcement of some kind about the urgent and emergency care plan, it is simply not going to prevent corridor care…
Read More‘Warning signs about dangers of 12-hour waits present for far too long’ – SAM president (15 May)
Commenting on a report released today (15 May) by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine which shows there were more than 16,600 deaths associated with long A&E waits before admission in England last year, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “It is simply shocking to see such a large number…
Read More‘12-hour waits signify profound failure within healthcare system’ says SAM president (06 May)
Commenting today (06 May) on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s ‘Care of Older People 2023-24’, which showed more than a million older people faced waits of 12 hours or more in emergency departments in England last year, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “This situation, where over a million older…
Read MoreHealth Foundation report “sends loud and clear message” about urgent and emergency care issues – SAM president (28 April)
Commenting on the release today (28 April) of the Health Foundation’s report Did the NHS experience record pressures this winter?, which found the NHS “performed far worse than before the pandemic”, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “This report sends a loud and clear message about the issues in urgent…
Read More‘Significant rise in corridor care a national scandal’ says SAM past president (10 April)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (10 April), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “It is imperative that today’s analysis of the latest NHS performance data focuses on the number of 12-hour delays in emergency departments. There has been a significant rise in the number…
Read More‘Confusion and uncertainty likely to exacerbate frustrations with NHS further’ says SAM president-elect (14 March)
Writing for The i Paper on the latest NHS performance statistics and the government’s announcement to abolish NHS England (14 March), Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “Performance data released this week showed an expectedly bleak picture, particularly for the almost 48,000 patients who waited more than 12 hours in…
Read More‘NHS in permanent state of decline’ – SAM president (13 March)
Commenting on the release today (13 March) of the latest NHS performance data and the announcement of the decision to abolish NHS England, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “The NHS is in a permanent state of decline heading towards complete stasis. “The dire state of affairs we face is…
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