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15 September 2026
Society for Acute Medicine 2026 AGM Announcement
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Society for Acute Medicine will be held on Thursday 8 October 2026 at 17:45hrs at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel, 1 William Street, Glasgow, G3 8HT. A virtual…
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9 June 2026
‘AI must be implemented within a safe, transparent and trusted framework’ – SAM president-elect (09 June)
Dr Ragit Varia, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, commented in The Guardian on the Medical Protection Society’s (MPS) call for the…
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8 June 2026
Long wait death figures “a source of national shame” – SAM president (08 June)
Please find below statement from the Society for Acute Medicine relating to Royal College of Emergency Medicine analysis which shows the estimated number of…
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4 June 2026
Hospice funding must be recognised as a patient flow and hospital safety issue, says Society for Acute Medicine (04 June)
The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) has backed calls for immediate and sustainable funding for hospices, warning that pressures on palliative and community…
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29 May 2026
SAM Position Statement – Clarifying the difference between EEMAC and Medical SDEC
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Corridor care being “disguised rather than resolved” – SAM president (14 May)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (14 May), Dr Vicky Price, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “Although…
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‘Good performance should not simply mean lower admission rates’ – SAM president (13 May)
Commenting in the HSJ on analysis which shows around 15 per cent of emergency admissions at some trusts are potentially avoidable, Dr Vicky…
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“Corridor care cannot be solved by moving patients out of sight,” warns senior medic (30 April)
The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) has warned that attempts to eliminate corridor care risk making conditions worse for some patients, as hospitals…
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SAM president: NHS stuck in state of ‘permawinter’ (16 April)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (16 April), Dr Vicky Price, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “These…
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SAM in Wales: Fixing hospital flow, reforming social care and protecting patients must be central to Senedd election (06 April)
The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) in Wales is calling on all political parties to make urgent reform of acute and emergency care…
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