Background: The Society for Acute Medicine's Benchmarking Audit (SAMBA) serves as a tool for Acute Medical Units to compare and improve their quality of care.
Aim: To audit the performance of Acute Medical Units against clinical quality indicators, standards by the Royal College of Physicians and Specialist Societies relevant to the practice of Acute Medicine.
Methods: An online survey of unit profiles and staffing levels on the audit day was followed by a 24-hour data collection on Thursday the 19th of June 2014 for all patients seen by the local Acute Medicine teams as part of the general medical take.