NHS Patients Receiving Corridor Care in England Reaches High Numbers
New figures reveal that nearly 3,000 NHS patients in England are receiving 'corridor care' daily, highlighting significant pressures on the healthcare system. This practice involves patients being treated in hospital corridors due to a lack of beds.
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Nearly 3,000 patients a day face corridor care in NHS
New data reveals sheer scale of patients in England being treated in unsafe and undignified make-shift areas.
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Published for the first time, the data recorded 2,241 daily cases of A&E corridor care, with 699 patients also treated in other inappropriate settings Almost 3,000 patients a day in England are receiving care in hospital corridors due to an unavailability of beds in A&E units across the country, according to official figures. Corridor care occurs when a patient receives treatment in a setting that is clinically inappropriate and is deemed to be undignified and unsafe. Continue reading...
By Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
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Nearly 3,000 patients a day had to be cared for in hospital corridors or make-shift treatment areas rather in a bed on a ward in England last month, figures show.
By David Apinga
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