Policy Statements
Bed occupancy well above 90% “dangerous” – SAM past president
Dr Nick Scriven, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, comments on current NHS pressures, the challenges being faced by staff and actions required to tackle some of the underlying issues across the system. He said: “Across our hospitals staff are facing pressures much like those seen in mid-winter, with bed occupancy levels…
Read MoreSAM and Royal College of Physicians publish end-of-life care resource for hospital doctors
The Royal College of Physicians has produced a resource in collaboration with the Society for Acute Medicine to support hospital doctors in improving the care and choices provided to people at the end of their life. The End-of-life care in the acute care setting resource aims to help hospital doctors identify those patients who are in their…
Read MoreEquality and Diversity and Complaints Policies
As the society expands, we need to ensure that we have robust policies in place to ensure we maintain our standards as an organisation. We have recently worked with our lawyers to produce policies for Equality and diversity and also a complaints procedure. They can be found below. Equality and Diversity Policy Complaints Policy Please…
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