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9 November 2026
SAM President’s Update: October 2026
Catch up on the latest activities and priorities from the SAM President. Thisupdate highlights how SAM is championing the identity of Acute Medicine,strengthening collaboration with partner organisations, supporting our trainees,and driving forward key projects…
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11 July 2024
‘Degrading and harmful corridor care a national emergency’ – SAM past president (11 July)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (11 July), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine,…
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‘Data highlights appalling situation in urgent and emergency care’ – SAM past president (02 July)
Commenting on Labour Party data which showed some patients waited up to 10 days in A&E in parts of England over the last…
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Social media adverts promoting weight loss drugs “extremely worrying” says SAM president-elect (28 June)
Commenting on an investigation by The Times into social media adverts promoting weight loss treatments “to get summer ready”, Dr Vicky Price, a…
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<strong>Senior doctor warns of increased pressures due to hot weather ahead of impending strike action (26 June)</strong>
The president of the Society for Acute Medicine has warned of increased pressure on the NHS amid the current hot weather and ahead…
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<strong>SAM SDEC Position Statement May 2024</strong>
Same Day Emergency Care: A need to pause and Reset! The recommendations in this statement aim to reinforce and complement the recent joint…
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25 June 2024
SAMBA 24 National Report
The Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit 2024 took place on 20th June 2024. The report is available here. Thank you to everyone who took…
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SAMBA 24 Protocol
The Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit 2024 took place on 20th June 2024. Thank you to everyone who took part. Any queries can…
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Winter SAMBA 24 Protocol
Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit 2024 Winter Snapshot was conducted on 22nd February 2024. Please see below documents used for Winter SAMBA…
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