Quality Standards
Joint statement from RCEM and SAM re Same Day Emergency Care
This statement is a follow up to the joint statement issued in 2019 by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) regarding the delivery of same day emergency care (SDEC) in England following the launch of the 2019 Long Term Plan for the NHS in England. Since 2019 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, some SDEC services were paused to allow estate and staff…
Read MoreNICE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults
This quality standard covers the assessment, diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It does not cover prevention, screening or case finding. For more information see the COPD topic overview. This quality standard was previously called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease quality standard. In February 2016, this quality standard was updated. A new statement on emergency…
Read MoreNICE: COPD Update
The Society for Acute Medicine is formally supporting the NICE quality standard COPD update. More information about the quality standard can be found at: http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-qsd122
Read MoreClinical Quality Indicators for Acute Medical Unit
The Clinical Quality Indicators which have been in use by a number of Acute Medical Units since January 2011. Download the full document here.
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