SAM Standards, Policy and Vision
This hub of the website provides access to a SAM standards, policy, position statements and vision.
SAM
This section also provides a history of the Society for Acute Medicine by Dr Rhid Dowdle OBE, retired Consultant Physician and Cardiologist and Archivist of the Society for Acute Medicine
AMU
- Position Statement Differentiating Acute Medicine (AM) from General Internal Medicine (GIM) (Sept 2025)
- Position Statement on the Appointment of Acute Physicians (Sept 2025)
- Acute Medicine - Strengthening the Foundations (Feb 2025)
- Six to Help Fix (2023)
- Acute Medicine: A policy vision for improving urgent and emergency (UEC) care (2023)
- Rebuilding the NHS: better medical pathways for acute care (2022)
- SAM Structure February (2022)
- The Acute Medical Unit
SAM/RCP Resources & Toolkits
Society of Acute Medicine (SAM)
SAM is committed to supporting AMUs across the UK providing high quality care for medical inpatients. SAM has many MDT members including Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists and other key members of the acute medical team.
