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Statement

12 January 2025

Joint letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on corridor care and actions required (12 January)

Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, has co-signed a letter to Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and…

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Statement

11 January 2025

‘Worsening of winter crisis predictable and inevitable’ says SAM president (11 January)

Commenting today (11 January) on analysis of NHS England data by the Liberal Democrats which showed there were a record 518,213 waits of…

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Statement

9 January 2025

‘Data illustrates appalling extent of winter crisis’ – SAM past president (09 January)

Commenting on the release today (09 January) of the latest NHS monthly performance data, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society…

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Statement

8 January 2025

Current pressures on hospitals among “worst ever seen” says SAM past president (08 January)

Commenting on pressures across the NHS this week (08 January), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said:…

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Statement

6 January 2025

Elective recovery plan “hollow and ill-fated” for failing to acknowledge role of social care and urgent and emergency care (06 January)

Commenting on the NHS elective recovery plan announced officially today by the Prime Minister, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for…

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Statement

3 January 2025

SAM past president warns of “dire” months ahead for patients and staff (03 January)

Commenting on the release today (Friday, 03 January 2025) of the latest weekly NHS data, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the…

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Statement

3 January 2025

‘Another winter of discontent looms for NHS urgent and emergency care’ warns SAM in BMJ (03 January)

Writing in the BMJ, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine warns another winter of discontent looms for…

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Statement

3 January 2025

‘Elective recovery plan will fail without urgent and emergency care recovery’ – SAM past president (03 January)

Commenting in The Guardian (03 January) ahead of the Prime Minister’s elective recovery programme launch next week, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president…

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SAM News

30 December 2024

<strong>History of SAM: The recognition of Acute Medicine as a clinical entity and its early development as a medical speciality</strong>

As we head into 2025 and SAM is about to turn 25, read more about the beginnings of SAM. Dr Rhid Dowdle OBE,…

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