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8 February 2025

Acute Medicine – Strengthening the Foundations

Acute medicine, founded in 2000, is a specialty which delivers immediate and early specialist management of adult patients requiring urgent or emergency care…

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Statement

30 January 2025

‘Repeated rhetoric and gimmicks won’t prevent further unbearable winters’ – SAM president (30 January)

Commenting on the publication today (30 January) of NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute…

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SAM News

30 January 2025

Stakeholder views sought as part of Associate Ambulance Practitioner Apprenticeship update

A steering group led by ambulance services in England is conducting a review of the Level 4 Associate Ambulance Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard. First…

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SAM News

21 January 2025

SAM Information poster for your AMU information boards

You may wish to display the information in the poster below on your unit notice board. It provides access to QR codes for…

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Statement

18 January 2025

Weight loss drug complications “not slowing down” says SAM president-elect (18 January)

Commenting in the Mail on Sunday (18 Jan) on an investigation which found hundreds of people are being hospitalised after suffering serious reactions…

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Statement

17 January 2025

ONS data ‘illustrates harm caused by prolonged waits’ – SAM past president (17 January)

Commenting on analysis of the association between time spent in emergency care and 30-day post-discharge mortality published today (17 January) by the Office for National…

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Statement

17 January 2025

Corridor care concerns “raised consistently” but problems have worsened, says SAM president (17 January)

Commenting on the Royal College of Nursing’s On the Frontline of the UK’s Corridor Care Crisis report for a piece in The BMJ…

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Statement

16 January 2025

‘Flu message acted as smokescreen to fundamental problems’ says SAM president (16 January)

Commenting on the latest weekly sitrep data released today (16 January) by NHS England, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute…

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Statement

15 January 2025

Government has “steadfastly avoided” measures needed to tackle corridor care – SAM past president (15 January)

Commenting on health and social care secretary Wes Streeting’s statement on winter pressures made in Parliament today (15 January), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past…

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