Article 6ZX5R Corridor care ‘new normal’ in England for one in five NHS inpatients

Corridor care ‘new normal’ in England for one in five NHS inpatients

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Anna Bawden Health and social affairs corresponden
from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZX5R)

Findings of CQC survey from November 2024 lead experts to say waiting in such settings has become normalised

Corridor care has become the new normal in England, experts have said, as a national survey found that one in five patients admitted to hospital had to wait in such settings.

The report by the Care Quality Commission also found that nearly 10% of patients waited more than 24 hours to be admitted to hospital and 17.5% waited 12 to 24 hours.More than half of all patients waited more than six hours.

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