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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rachel Clun

Deaths and miscarriages in hospital hallways: The shocking scale of the NHS corridor crisis told by nurses on front line

Corridor care has become commonplace in besieged hospitals across the UK - (Getty)

Patients dying unnoticed or suffering miscarriages in corridors. Elderly people with dementia soiling themselves because there’s no one to help them to the toilet. People forced to have treatment in bathrooms and car parks.

These are just a few of the distressing scenes nurses across the UK have witnessed with the health system under immense pressure, forcing hospitals to treat patients in any available space.

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