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‘Govt must recognise there will be no elective recovery without emergency care recovery’ – SAM past president (05 December)

Commenting today (05 December) on the Prime Minister’s speech outlining priorities for the NHS and NHS England’s warning about winter…

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‘Concern about continued emergency care crisis is well placed’ – SAM past president (02 December)

Commenting on Labour’s plan to commit to the restoration of the 92% referral to treatment (RTT) target by March 2029,…

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‘Assisted dying debate brings into focus another area where resourcing is inadequate’ – SAM past president (1 December)

Commenting today (1 December) on the implications assisted dying will have on the NHS and the announcement of the launch…

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Reduced flu vaccine uptake among healthcare staff and older people “worrying” says SAM president (30 November)

Commenting in The Sunday Telegraph on the reduced uptake in flu vaccinations among healthcare staff and older people, Dr Nick…

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‘Urgent and emergency care survey lays bare scale of the challenge’ – SAM president (21 November)

Commenting on findings from a Care Quality Commission survey of more than 45,500 people who used NHS urgent and emergency care…

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‘Staff heading into the coming months with trepidation and concern’ – SAM president (18 November)

Commenting on a report released today (18 November) by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine which found nine out of…

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‘Data shows desperate need for government to turn attention to threat of winter’ says SAM president-elect (14 November)

Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (14 November), Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute…

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‘Government league table reforms could have significant detrimental effect’ – SAM president (13 November)

Commenting on an announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care about the introduction of a new league table…

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