Responding to a commitment from the Health Secretary Wes Streeting to eradicate corridor care by the end of this Parliament in an interview with LBC, an RCN spokesperson said:

 

"We're ready to work with the secretary of state and provide our expertise to help eradicate corridor care, but those discussions cannot wait any longer. They need to start now, with a goal of ending this unacceptable practice urgently.

 

"We also need to see government finally come good on its promise to publish full data on how prevalent corridor care is in hospitals and exactly where it is taking place, including emergency departments and beyond. Full transparency is required to tackle this crisis."

 

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Notes to editors

 

Earlier today, in response to the RCN’s report that ‘Corridor care surging in hospitals as nursing staff warn of ‘devastating’ winter ahead’, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting said in an interview with LBC that he would “consign corridor care to history where it belongs." He also said that, “Well, I want to do that over the course of this Parliament. That’s where I want to be. If I can get it done sooner, I will.”