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20 October 2026
“Carrying an existing crisis into winter” – SAM president (20 October)
Commenting on a survey published today (20 October 2026) by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) which found 150 of the UK’s leading A&E doctors have said they are very worried about the…
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9 September 2025
SAM “remains deeply concerned” about publication of NHS league tables (09 September)
Commenting on the launch today (09 September) of NHS performance league tables as part of the NHS oversight framework 2025/26, Dr Nick Murch, president…
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1 September 2025
12-hour waits ‘symptom of sustained and intolerable pressure’ – SAM past president (01 September)
Commenting on a Liberal Democrat analysis of NHS data which showed hospitals faced their busiest summer ever this year, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate…
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‘Unacceptable amount of people waiting over 12 hours’ – SAM president (14 August)
Commenting on the release today (14 August) of the latest NHS performance data, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine,…
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8 August 2025
SAM supports RCP calls for national end-of-life and palliative care strategy (08 August)
The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) is supporting a new policy position launched by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) on end-of-life and…
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‘Journey of NHS and social care recovery will be long and complicated’ – SAM past president (02 August)
Commenting on NHS data obtained by The Guardian which showed three million people on NHS England waiting lists have had no care since…
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‘Focus being placed in wrong areas’ with publication of NHS league tables – SAM statement (10 July)
Commenting on the release today (10 July) of a new NHS England dashboard naming England’s best and worst performing hospitals for waiting times,…
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‘Data demonstrates fundamental gaps between the ambitions of NHS plan and lived realities’ – SAM president (10 July)
Following the release today (10 July) of the latest NHS performance data, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said:…
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Response to the NHS 10-Year Plan from the Society for Acute Medicine
The Society for Acute Medicine welcomes the ambition set out in the NHS 10-Year Plan today (03 July) and supports its overarching aim:…
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SAM echoes concerns raised by RCEM over delayed discharges in Scotland
Commenting on data published by Public Health Scotland on Tuesday (24 June) which revealed there were 720,119 days spent in hospital by people who were…
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