The interface between emergency medicine and acute medicine remains one of the most challenging, high-impact junctions in the NHS. With a rising demand increasing clinical complexity and national scrutiny on flow, patient safety and acute care performance, there has never been a more urgent moment to align both specialties.
This event brings together past Presidents of SAM and RCEM, national clinical leaders, ECIST, senior nurses, and operational leaders to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary exploration of how emergency departments and acute medicine teams can work as a single ecosystem.
Why attend?
Learning outcomes:
Who should attend?
This meeting fills a clear national educational gap: very few events bring both specialties together, and none with this breadth of senior speakers, real-world operational insight, and frontline expertise. Delegates will leave with practical tools, shared pathways, and a refreshed understanding of how to deliver safe and effective acute care.
This event offers an optional lunch for pre-registered delegates.
RSM members enjoy free access to over 200 expert-led events each year, including CPD-accredited learning.
Become a memberStandard pricing available until 11 June 2026.
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Dr Terence McLoughlin, President, Emergency Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Liverpool Group NHS Trust
Mr Robert Pinate, Emergency Department Consultant Nurse, University College London and Clinical Associate of GIRFT UEC, NHS England
Dr Vicky Price, President, Society for Acute Medicine, University Hospitals of Liverpool Group NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Tim Cooksley, Past President, Society for Acute Medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Jim Gardner, Executive Medical Director, NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Dr Peter Williams, Past President, Emergency Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Medical Director, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Consultant in Acute Medicine, Whiston Hospital
AGM for section members
Gregory Smith
Dr Paul Markey, GP Partner in West Yorkshire Former Acute Medical Registrar and Trust Grade Doctor in Emergency Medicine, UK and Australia
Professor Georgina Robertson, Emergency Medicine Consultant and Clinical Lead for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Katherine Henderson, Past President, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 01:00 am on 11 June 2026. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speakers' organisations.
