"Howls of outrage" should erupt over deaths linked to extended waits in emergency departments, a prominent medic has declared, warning that the practice of "corridor care" has become disturbingly "normalised" among patients, staff, and health leaders within NHS hospitals.
Dr Ian Higginson, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), revealed that only a "few" hospitals across the UK have successfully avoided treating patients on trolleys in corridors.
