More to be done to cut 'corridor care'

A Royal College of Physicians survey shows almost three in five doctors polled reported providing care in a temporary space between June and August this year.

Isabel Lawicka, director of policy and strategy, NHS Providers, said:

"Nobody in the NHS wants to have to look after patients in corridors.

"Staff in under-pressure services, facing huge demand for beds, work very hard to prevent 'corridor care' all year round. 

"This survey of doctors shows that they and other NHS staff, especially in busy A&Es, do everything they can in tough conditions to treat patients in the right places but there are times when stretched NHS trusts are forced to provide care outside wards, having exhausted all options.

"Our new report shows how urgent investment in NHS buildings and equipment is needed to improve capacity.

“Nobody wants to see corridor care become 'business as usual'."