Corridor care is bad for patients and bad for health care staff.
Treating people in inappropriate spaces like car parks and waiting rooms has become increasingly common. It's unsafe, undignified and unacceptable.
As shocking testimony from our members re-emphasises the devastating consequences of corridor care for patients and nursing staff, we’re doubling down: governments must provide a fully funded action plan to eradicate the practice now.
Any such plan must include investment in beds, the nursing workforce, community services and social care.
If you have to deliver, receive or oversee care in an inappropriate space, use the resources on this page to raise the alarm and seek support.
“We wouldn’t treat animals like this”
Shocking new testimony shows our members are “losing all hope” of things getting better.
You must report it immediately through a Datix or other local process. If you don’t know the process where you work, our raising concerns toolkit explains more.
Help make an immediate impact in your workplace as an RCN Health and Safety Rep. Put your passion for patient care to great use in this rewarding role.
If you're in charge of a department, ward or other health care setting where corridor care is happening or is likely to occur, there are some added responsibilities to be aware of.
You're not alone. Working in environments where corridor care is happening has left many of our members with moral distress and injury, which leads to burn out.
Our campaign to end corridor care and your powerful testimony led to the Health Services Safety Investigations Body launching a formal investigation into its shocking scale and impact. It has recently published its
report.
But there's a long way to go before it's eradicated for good. We won’t give up until patient and nursing staff wellbeing is taken seriously and corridor care is consigned to history.
Watch our General Secretary and Chief Executive Nicola Ranger highlight why the government must act now to eradicate corridor care.
Read the evidence
Our campaign is based on substantial evidence which shows the shocking impact of corridor care on patients, staff and workplaces.
NHS England’s new corridor care guidance is a sign of just how far care standards have fallen. We’re calling for a fully funded plan to eradicate the practice
The Westminster government’s failure to rapidly invest in beds, staff and community services has set the stage for a dangerous winter
Have you received corridor care?
We are urging patients, service users and their families to speak up when it happens. To make a complaint, follow your trust or care provider's complaints policy.
