Dr Vicky Price

Who Dr Vicky Price is

Dr Vicky Price is an acute medical consultant at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and currently serves as President of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), the national representative body for staff caring for medical patients in the acute hospital setting. She has clinical interests in ambulatory care, medical education and end of life care in the acute setting. As SAM President she is a regular commentator in the national press — including BBC News and The Guardian — on NHS emergency department pressures, corridor care and hospital capacity. She has publicly raised concerns about the regulation of online weight-loss drugs after observing serious complications in acute patients, and escalated those concerns to the MHRA. She has also commented on the implications of the abolition of NHS England for urgent and emergency care services.

References for this biography

1. 1.Contact – Society for Acute Medicine — Confirms Dr Vicky Price as current President of SAM; provides organisational address and press contact email
2. 2.Vicky Price – Society for Acute Medicine Council Members — Confirms she is an acute medical consultant at Liverpool University Foundation Trust with interests in ambulatory care, medical education and end of life care
3. 3.'55,000 12-hour delays deeply concerning' – SAM President (13 November 2025) — Documents her public commentary as SAM President on NHS emergency department waits and corridor care
4. 4.'Urgent regulation needed for online weight loss drugs' – SAM President-Elect (14 June 2024) — Documents her call for MHRA regulation of online weight-loss drugs and concerns about acute complications
5. 5.SAM welcomes publication of Model Emergency Department guidance (9 February 2026) — Documents her role as SAM President welcoming NHS England's Model ED guidance and new 72-hour care standards
6. 6.Position Statements – Society for Acute Medicine — Confirms she has featured in BBC News in-depth reporting and been quoted in The Guardian as SAM President

Notable achievements

• Elected President of the Society for Acute Medicine (current post-holder listed on SAM contact page alongside Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) Source ↗
• Called for urgent MHRA regulation of online weight-loss drugs as SAM President-Elect, after raising concerns about life-threatening complications seen in acute medicine settings (June 2024) Source ↗
• Welcomed NHS England's Model Emergency Department guidance alongside new 72-hour care standards on behalf of SAM (February 2026) Source ↗
• Featured in a BBC News in-depth feature as SAM President and quoted in The Guardian on winter hospital bed pressures (December 2025) Source ↗

What Dr Vicky Price has said

• “These are people unwell enough to need admission, often older and frail with complex needs, who are at the greatest risk of harm when care is being delivered in corridors and hospitals are operating beyond safe limits.”

  president of the Society for Acute Medicine · NHS waiting lists · 30 Sept 2026 · Long waits in A&E rise sharply but overall NHS waiting list continues to fall ↗

• “Behind the national figures are teams describing relentless pressure, a lack of meaningful solutions and morale at a low ebb.”

  President of the Society for Acute Medicine · NHS waiting lists · 30 Sept 2026 · NHS waiting list reaches 6.21 million patients after ‘busiest summer in history’ ↗

• “the rise in 12-hour waits in emergency departments is a stark warning that urgent and emergency care across the UK is in a state of national emergency”

  president of the Society for Acute Medicine · NHS waiting lists · 30 Sept 2026 · NHS in ‘state of emergency’ despite Reeves cash boost ↗

• “Dr Vicky Price, president of the Society for Acute Medicine”

  President of the Society for Acute Medicine · Palliative & end of life care · 30 Sept 2026 · A growing challenge: end-of-life care in acute hospitals ↗

• “While staff continue to work tirelessly, she warned that goodwill cannot indefinitely compensate for unresolved structural problems.”

  president of the Society for Acute Medicine · NHS waiting lists · 29 Sept 2026 · NHS waiting list hits 6.21 million after busiest summer in history ↗

• “Behind the national figures are teams describing relentless pressure, a lack of meaningful solutions and morale at a low ebb.”

  President of the Society for Acute Medicine · NHS waiting lists · 29 Sept 2026 · NHS waiting list reaches 6.21 million patients after ‘busiest summer in history’ ↗

• “These are people unwell enough to need admission, often older and frail with complex needs, who are at the greatest risk of harm when care is being delivered in corridors and hospitals are operating beyond safe limits.”

  Society for Acute Medicine · NHS waiting lists · 8 Sept 2026 · NHS waiting list rises for third month in row ↗

• “This week we have seen clinicians reviewing patients in waiting rooms due to lack of space, and cupboards used as temporary clinical areas – a new low for patient care standards.”

  President of the Society for Acute Medicine · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Starmer says resident doctors would be irresponsible to strike in face of flu crisis ↗

• “While the ongoing 'flu-nami' is being invoked as the primary cause of the crisis, this is a convenient scapegoat when the reality is that the situation is the direct result of a longstanding and predictable breakdown in NHS capacity and workforce shortages.”

  President of the Society for Acute Medicine · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases ↗

• “These findings fit with our clinical experience and if anything underestimate the problem. This is a complex problem which has been escalating for years, increasing the strain both in hospitals and in the community.”

  President of the Society of Acute Medicine · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Hospitals in England ‘face dangerous winter overcrowding due to discharge delays’ ↗

• “The deaths were a source of 'national shame' and the problem of overcrowding in A&Es was getting worse.”

  President of the Society for Acute Medicine · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · More than 1,300 deaths a month in England due to long A&E waits, figures suggest ↗

Where Dr Vicky Price has been quoted

1. NHS waiting list at lowest level in three yearsbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
2. Long waits in A&E rise sharply but overall NHS waiting list continues to fallindependent.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
3. NHS waiting list reaches 6.21 million patients after ‘busiest summer in history’nz.news.yahoo.com · 30 Sept 2026
4. NHS in ‘state of emergency’ despite Reeves cash boosttelegraph.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
5. A growing challenge: end-of-life care in acute hospitalsrcp.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
6. NHS waiting list hits 6.21 million after busiest summer in historystreamlinefeed.co.ke · 29 Sept 2026
7. NHS waiting list reaches 6.21 million patients after ‘busiest summer in history’independent.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
8. NHS waiting list rises for third month in rowbbc.co.uk · 8 Sept 2026
9. Starmer says resident doctors would be irresponsible to strike in face of flu crisistheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
10. NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu casestheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
11. Hospitals in England ‘face dangerous winter overcrowding due to discharge delays’theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
12. More than 1,300 deaths a month in England due to long A&E waits, figures suggesttheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.

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• An important step forward in ending corridor care - Colin Poolman | Blog | RCN ScotlandRoyal College of Nursing

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.acutemedicine.org.uk/blog/sam-council-members/vicky-price/
• Press office emailcommunications@acutemedicine.org.ukpublished here ↗

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