BREAKING NEWS: Corridor care 'actively killing patients', MPs told

BREAKING NEWS: Corridor care 'actively killing patients', MPs told

By Lee Peart 11 March 2026

Corridor care is ‘being normalised’ and ‘progressively getting worse’, an MPs’ committee has heard.

Corridor care data to be published from May

By Lee Peart 05 March 2026

Corridor care data is to be gathered and published from May 2026, NHSE has revealed.

Over 50,000 patients waited over 24 hours in corridor care

By Lee Peart 04 March 2026

Over 52,000 patients waited over 24 hours to be admitted to hospitals in the North West last year, an investigation has found.

Nursing staff speak out on corridor care

By Liz Wells 15 January 2026

The RCN has reiterated its call for urgent, fully funded action plans to eradicate corridor care, saying the practice must end urgently, as collapsing care standards are ‘devastating morale’.

RCN calls for 'fully funded plan to eradicate corridor care'

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

The RCN has called for a ‘fully funded plan to eradicate corridor care altogether’.

Nurses and doctors unite ahead to protect patient safety ahead of corridor care debate

By Liz Wells 10 December 2025

Representatives from the RCN and the BMA have descended on the Senedd to raise their concerns about the rise of corridor care in hospitals across Wales ahead of a debate on the topic in the Welsh p...

Almost one in five ED patients being cared for in corridors, report reveals

By Lee Peart 10 November 2025

Almost one in five patients in EDs were being cared for in trolleys or chairs in corridors in England this summer, a report has revealed.

Ministers must 'set a date' to end corridor care

By Liz Wells 31 October 2025

A third of people said they would be less likely to go to hospital because of the Corridor Care crisis, and 53% said that they would feel more anxious if they found themselves there, a new survey s...

Trust apologises after hospital uses café to treat A&E patients

By Lee Peart 19 September 2025

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has apologised after a café at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford was used to treat A&E patients.

Corridor care now a 'regrettable reality', says CQC

By Lee Peart 09 September 2025

Almost one in five (18%) of patients having to wait for a bed on a ward are kept in a corridor or hallway, the CQC has found.

Official investigation into corridor care unveiled

By Liz Wells 27 August 2025

The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) has confirmed it will begin investigating the prevalence of patients being treated in ‘temporary care environments’.

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