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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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The NHS must treat its ‘corridor care’ crisis as a wake-up call

The phrase “corridor care” has come to sum up the state of the crisis in the National Health Service.

As we report today, patients are being put on trolleys in front of vending machines or fire escapes, or on chairs rather than trolleys, and are sometimes having CPR administered on the floor because there are no other flat surfaces available. All of these occurrences are now part of the normal functioning of some of our hospitals.

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