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Updated NICE acute kidney injury quality standard

23 March 2023: NICE have published their updated Acute kidney injury quality standard. Click here for more information.

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National rollout of GIRFT/UEC A-tED and A-tA improvement tools

NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) and Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) teams are rolling out two new…

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‘Damning data shows significant strain’ – SAM president

Commenting today (09 March) on the latest NHS performance data which shows, among other things, 71.5% of patients were seen within…

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Acute Medicine: A policy vision for improving urgent and emergency (UEC) care

SAM Policy Document

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‘Strike action reflects these concerns and staff burn out’ – SAM president

Commenting on ongoing industrial action by a range of healthcare professionals, Dr Tim Cooksley, president of the Society for Acute…

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‘Intolerable situation in NHS will not be overcome without a people recovery’ – SAM president

Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today which, among other things, shows 72.4% of patients were seen within…

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‘Recognition of the need for more hospital and intermediate care beds welcome’ says SAM as UEC recovery plan published

Commenting on a new blueprint published today by NHS England and the government which aims to help recover urgent and…

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‘Growing number of 12-hour waits of particular concern’ – SAM president

Commenting on the release today (12 January) of the latest NHS performance data which shows ambulance response times and A&E…

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