Medics say new corridor care of patients in hospitals is ‘dangerous’ Emergency doctors have criticised NHS guidance on how patients should be treated in hospital corridors.
To make matters worse, infection control is ‘not possible’ and it is ‘challenging’ for staff to monitor patients in corridors, the RCEM said, adding that giving patients the treatment they need is ‘made more difficult and often delayed.’.
Guidance from the NHS suggests staff how can deliver the ‘safest, most effective and highest quality care possible’ in temporary spaces.
NHS England, which uses the jargon term ‘temporary escalation spaces’ to describe corridors, admits that some hospitals use them more regularly.
They fear that new guidance normalises a dangerous situation and that caring for patients in corridors should be a last resort.
