Position statements
Acute Medicine – Strengthening the Foundations
Acute medicine, founded in 2000, is a specialty which delivers immediate and early specialist management of adult…
‘Repeated rhetoric and gimmicks won’t prevent further unbearable winters’ – SAM president (30 January)
Commenting on the publication today (30 January) of NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance, Dr Nick Murch,…
Weight loss drug complications “not slowing down” says SAM president-elect (18 January)
Commenting in the Mail on Sunday (18 Jan) on an investigation which found hundreds of people are…
ONS data ‘illustrates harm caused by prolonged waits’ – SAM past president (17 January)
Commenting on analysis of the association between time spent in emergency care and 30-day post-discharge mortality published today (17…
‘Flu message acted as smokescreen to fundamental problems’ says SAM president (16 January)
Commenting on the latest weekly sitrep data released today (16 January) by NHS England, Dr Nick Murch,…
Government has “steadfastly avoided” measures needed to tackle corridor care – SAM past president (15 January)
Commenting on health and social care secretary Wes Streeting’s statement on winter pressures made in Parliament today…
Joint letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on corridor care and actions required (12 January)
Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, has co-signed a letter to Wes Streeting,…
‘Worsening of winter crisis predictable and inevitable’ says SAM president (11 January)
Commenting today (11 January) on analysis of NHS England data by the Liberal Democrats which showed there…
‘Data illustrates appalling extent of winter crisis’ – SAM past president (09 January)
Commenting on the release today (09 January) of the latest NHS monthly performance data, Dr Tim Cooksley,…