The Royal College of Nursing revealed patients are being left without access to oxygen and enduring intimate examinations in inappropriate areas.
Nurses have declared a “national emergency” in the NHS, warning that patients are dying in hospital corridors.
Patients are regularly treated on chairs in corridors for extended periods of time, sometimes days, said the RCN. “This is about honesty and accountability. Care being delivered in front of a fire exit isn’t care. Signing ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders in a corridor isn’t care. Nursing staff revealed that corridor care has become the norm in almost every corner of a typical hospital setting.
The result is patients left unable to access care near their homes and instead being forced to turn to hospitals.
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