Long waits in A&E departments ‘increase risk of dying within 30 days’
The risk of dying within 30 days of leaving A&E in England is likely to be more than twice as high for someone whose visit ...
‘Undignified and awful’: Patients dying in overcrowded UK hospital corridors, nurses warn
The British nursing union demanded transparency from the government on how many patients are being treated in ‘unsafe’ ...
Charity calls corridor care for end-of-life patients ‘heartbreaking’
Following testimony from nurses across the UK, Christine Irvine from Marie Curie said it was ‘appalling’ that palliative care ...
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Scale of NHS’s “corridor care” is revealed in Royal College of Nursing report
Has treating patients in corridors and cloakrooms become “normalised”? Jacqui Wise reports A nurse forced to change an incontinent patient with dementia beside a vending machine and a patient dying ...