NICE: End of life care for adults – Quality standard [QS13]

By Virginia Mariani | September 3, 2021

This quality standard covers care for adults (aged 18 and over) who are approaching the end of their life. This includes people who are likely to die within 12 months, people with advanced, progressive, incurable conditions and people with life-threatening acute conditions. It also covers support for their families and carers. It includes care provided…

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Council Members 2021

By Virginia Mariani | August 31, 2021

NAME POSITION Start Date End Date   SAM Directors     Sue Crossland Past Immediate President Sep-21 Sep-23 Tim Cooksley President  Sep-21 Sep-23 Nick Murch President Elect Sep-21 Sep-23 Vicky Price  Secretary May-22 May-25 Micheal Wheble Treasurer Oct-19 Oct-22 SAM Council     Nick Smallwood England Regional Representative Sep-20 Sep-23 Mcheal Trimble Northern Ireland Regional…

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Acute Medicine SCE Exam Board Member

By Virginia Mariani | May 14, 2021

 vacancy we currently have advertised for a member  for the SCE Acute Medicine Exam Board. Would you please advertise this on your website, with the deadline of applications being 7 June 2021. More information can be found here Applications for the posts, should be submitted to Kate Beaumont  by Monday 7 June 2021, in the…

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CQC National Professional Advisor- Medicine

By Virginia Mariani | May 4, 2021

draw your attention to this important opportunity to support care improvement in Medical Care. The CQC are appointing a National Advisor for Medicine.  This is a two day a week post, and will work closely with RCP and others.  It is a great opportunity for us to join up regulatory work of CQC, and professional…

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Save the Date 5-6 October 2021, London- Society for Acute Medicine’s 15th International Conference

By Virginia Mariani | March 24, 2021

Save the Date! Society for Acute Medicine’s 15th International Conference 5-6 October 2021, QE11 London The 15th annual international conference takes place on the 5-6 October 2021. Our hope is that this will be a hybrid conference at the QEII London, with both in-person and virtual attendance possible. The Scientific Programme Committee are working to…

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The Society for Acute Medicine: 2021 SAMinars Clinical Practice Hot Topics Webinars

By Virginia Mariani | February 16, 2021

The Society for Acute Medicine: 2021 SAMinars  Clinical Practice Hot Topic Webinars Registration open    Building on the success of our two series of webinars in 2020, the Society for Acute Medicine plans to continue to support the acute medicine community with a further series of clinical practice webinars this year. We are planning to run one webinar each month…

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