More than 2,200 patients were subjected to corridor care in A&E every day in May, new NHS data has revealed.
For the first time the NHS has published data on corridor care in hospitals.
Any patient spending 45 minutes or more in clinically inappropriate areas of emergency departments or wards, such as hallways or waiting rooms are considered to have experienced corridor care, according to the NHS.
The first figures to be published show that on average, 2,241 patients each day experienced corridor care in emergency departments, while a further 669 patients received care in similar settings elsewhere in hospital.
NHS analysis found that 20 trusts accounted for more than half of the cases of corridor care in emergency departments, while 20 trusts also accounted for more than two thirds of cases of corridor care elsewhere in hospitals.
The NHS is now aiming to eliminate the practice of treating patients in corridors in busy A&E departments.
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