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26 October 2026
Acute Medicine in 2026
Dr Vicky Price, SAM President, presented on “Acute Medicine in 2026” at the Society for Acute Medicine’s 20th International conference, SAMGlasgow, on 8-9 October 2026.
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18 March 2025
Vacancy: Board Secretary of the Acute Medicine Specialty Certificate Examining Board
Vacancy: Board Secretary of the Acute Medicine Specialty Certificate Examining Board Closing Date: 10th April 2025 The Society for Acute Medicine and the…
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Vacancy: Member of the Acute Medicine Specialty Certificate Examining Board
Vacancy: Member of the Acute Medicine Specialty Certificate Examining Board Closing Date: 10th April 2025 The Society for Acute Medicine and the Federation…
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14 March 2025
‘Confusion and uncertainty likely to exacerbate frustrations with NHS further’ says SAM president-elect (14 March)
Writing for The i Paper on the latest NHS performance statistics and the government’s announcement to abolish NHS England (14 March), Dr Vicky…
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13 March 2025
‘NHS in permanent state of decline’ – SAM president (13 March)
Commenting on the release today (13 March) of the latest NHS performance data and the announcement of the decision to abolish NHS England,…
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26 February 2025
‘Lack of action condemning patients to corridor care’ says SAM president (26 February)
Commenting on a survey by the Royal College of Physicians (26 February) which found 80% of UK doctors reported being forced to treat…
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SAM president-elect “deeply concerned” about mortality figures in patients using weight loss drugs (25 February)
Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, has today (25 February) reiterated concerns regarding the increasing number of patients being…
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SAM president warns of “worrying” trend of patients avoiding NHS urgent and emergency care services (23 February)
Commenting on polling for The Guardian which highlights high levels of public fear and alarm about NHS urgent and emergency care not being…
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