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Is corridor care now the norm in hospitals?

An NHS trust in Sussex is hiring a full-time doctor for a trial to care for elderly patients in A&E due to overcrowding in hospitals.
Health leaders have called the need for a 'corridor doctor' a frightening indictment of the worsening situation in hospitals.
Patients are often seen in hospital corridors as wards reach capacity, indicating that corridor care has become 'normalised'.
Health leaders warned that this situation increases the risk of patients dying, stating that it is shocking for corridor care to be a feature of the NHS.

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The Argus

Hospital wants to hire doctor to help stop older people in A&E corridors from dying

A Sussex hospital is recruiting a doctor to assist with corridor care as it is described as “normal” there.

5 days ago·Brighton, United Kingdom

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Independent Sentinel

Free Healthcare: 80% of NHS Patients Treated in Halls and Toilets

Nearly 80% of NHS doctors admit they routinely treat patients in corridors, toilets, and waiting rooms. Free healthcare is grand. Another leftist failed policy. According to the Daily Mail, Health leaders warned last night that corridor care has become “the new normal” in the NHS. New figures revealed that eight in ten doctors have had […] The post Free Healthcare: 80% of NHS Patients Treated in Halls and Toilets appeared first on www.independen…

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Is corridor care now the norm in hospitals?

Several newspapers have reported that the University Hospitals Sussex NHS trust is advertising for a doctor to specialise in so-called “corridor care”. There…

5 days ago

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The Telegraph

NHS recruits ‘corridor doctor’ amid A&E crisis

Caring for older patients out of a bed is ‘normal’ at the hospital which placed the advertisement

6 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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LBC

Hospital advert for £70k elderly care doctor marks start of NHS trial in corridor wait crackdown

An NHS trust in Sussex is recruiting a full-time doctor as part of a trial to look after elderly patients coming into A&E - as it highlighted that corridor care has become ‘normalised’.

6 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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