The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) revealed patients are being left without access to oxygen and enduring intimate examinations in inappropriate crowded 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. “Our once world-leading services are treating patients in car parks and store cupboards.“The elderly are languishing on chairs for hours on end and patients are dying in corridors. The horror of this situation cannot be understated.“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.
Prof Ranger will say: “Treating patients in corridors used to be an exceptional circumstance. Now it is a regular occurrence and a symptom of a system in crisis.“We are right to be angry that this once abnormal practice has become normalised.”One nurse said: “You wouldn’t treat a dog this way.”Another was instructed to “let a patient wander” because there was not enough room on the ward.They said: “When I arrived, she was in a wheelchair on a corridor with her daughter.
“No trust leader wants to treat patients in corridors, store cupboards or other non-clinical areas as it compromises quality of care, patient privacy and dignity.
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