Position statements
‘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…
‘Need action not words on NHS’ – SAM president (26 October)
Commenting on polling for The Daily Telegraph that has found patients are avoiding NHS services (26 October),…
‘Urgent social care investment needed in immediate period’ says SAM past president (25 October)
Commenting ahead of the upcoming Budget, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute…
‘Urgent and emergency care services critically overloaded’ says SAM president-elect (24 October)
The British Geriatrics Society has today (24 October) warned of its grave concerns about the impact of…
‘Shocking data shows dangers that lie ahead’ – SAM president (23 October)
Commenting on new data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats which revealed more than one million patients faced…
‘NHS continues in eternal winter with no light at end of the tunnel’ says SAM immediate past president (20 October)
Commenting on health secretary Wes Streeting’s suggestion on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that hospitals could…
12-hour waits “a dire situation” for patients – SAM immediate past president (10 October)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (10 October), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president…
‘Latest performance data shows scale of the short-term challenge’ says SAM president (12 September)
Following the release today (Thursday, 12 September) of Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the NHS in England…
Darzi investigation will highlight problems raised over many years – SAM president (11 September)
Ahead of the publication of Lord Darzi’s NHS investigation tomorrow (Thursday, 12 September), Dr Nick Murch, president…