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
SDEC
- Clarifying the difference between EEMAC and Medical SDEC (June 2026)
- SAM Position Statement SDEC: A need to pause and reset! (2024)
- Joint Statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care (2024)
- Joint Statement RCEM and SAM regarding Same Day Emergency Care (2019)
- RCPE/SAM Standards for Ambulatory Emergency Care (2019)
Clinical Guidelines
- Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) pathway for cancer patients presenting with suspected spinal metastasis and metastatic spinal cord compression (May 26)
- Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) pathway for cancer patients (solid tumour) presenting with low-risk febrile neutropenia (May 26)
- Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) pathway for cancer patients presenting with unsuspected pulmonary embolism (Nov 25)
- Decompensated cirrhosis: an update of the BSG/BASL admission care bundle (Jan 25)
- Multidisciplinary acute upper GI bleed care bundle (2020)
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.
