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29 September 2026
First national online pathway for headache care supports GPs and pharmacists with assessment, management and treatment
NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme has launched the first national online pathway and decision-making tool for the care of patients presenting with headache symptoms, supporting GPs and pharmacy colleagues to…
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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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21 July 2025
Response from the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), UK to NHS England’s Medical Training Review Call for Evidence
Introduction The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), the representative body for professionals working in Acute Internal Medicine (AIM) across the UK, welcomes the…
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President’s Fully Funded Conference Places
Supporting Access to SAMCardiff 202630 April – 1 May | Cardiff Holland House Hotel Introduction The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) has long…
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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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Sick, Elderly and Sad: Confronting corridor care in acute medicine (02 July)
Dr Vicky Price, president elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, and Dr Chris Subbe, consultant in acute medicine, discuss their recent paper…
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