Position statements
‘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…
‘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…
‘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…
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…
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…
Hot Weather Health Plan (11 June)
The Society for Acute Medicine has produced the following guidance to supportclinicians working in acute services to:
‘Spending review request is simple: investment in staffing and capacity’ – SAM past president (10 June)
Commenting on the upcoming Spending Review for The i Paper (10 June), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past…
‘Significant rise in corridor care a national scandal’ says SAM past president (10 April)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (10 April), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president…
‘Confusion and uncertainty likely to exacerbate frustrations with NHS further’ says SAM president-elect (14 March)
Writing for The i Paper on the latest NHS performance statistics and the government’s announcement to abolish…