Health Secretary Says Corridor Care Is ‘Not Acceptable’ Ahead of Winter Pressures

Health Secretary says corridor care is ‘not acceptable’ ahead of winter pressures

Health Secretary Angela Constance says NHS corridor care is unacceptable as Scotland faces winter pressures, A&E waits and calls to expand community care.

Corridor care ‘not acceptable’, Constance says ahead of NHS winter period

The Health Secretary said she would have a ‘laser focus’ on building capacity for healthcare in the community.

As long waits triggering corridor care surge to twice the Scottish rate in England, One RCEM ‘leading emergency doctor’ in Scotland is ‘completely terrified’ but not for them

From BBC Scotland today, based on the RCEM union convener in Scotland: A leading emergency doctor has said she is “completely terrified” about upcoming winter pressures on Scotland’s already-stretched NHS. Dr Fiona Hunter, vice chair of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scotland, said A&E departments were providing “unsafe” levels of care, with some patients spending 72 hours on trolleys in hospital corridors. and: She said she wanted to r…