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21 May 2026
Blog
In this next generation blog, Dr Latif Raiyan Rahman FRCP reflects on his experience as an international medical graduate (IMG) in the NHS, drawing on both personal insight and research to explore what meaningful support looks like and why it matters for the future of patient care.
18 May 2026
News
... to sustain and build on these gains over the long term. We also look forward to the publication of corridor care data this month as promised – a vital step in understanding the scale of the problem
12 May 2026
News
..., said:
‘Patient safety and quality of care must come first. We need a fully costed plan to fix social care and ensure safe, high-quality care for all patients.
‘Action on health inequalities is essential... and social care that increases the number of physicians, alongside cross‑government action on health... that are leading to corridor care, a practice that’s unacceptable and undignified. There simply aren’t... Welsh Government to advocate on behalf of our fellows and members for improvements to patient care
1 May 2026
Article
The Patient and Carer Network (PCN) has been working for 10 years, giving their time, experience and skill to enrich the work of the RCP by bringing forward the voices of patients and carers. At any time there are between 30–40 active members of the PCN, who come with a breadth of patient knowledge across the health landscape in outpatient, inpatient and community support. Network chair Sam Mauger talks about their vision for the future.
28 April 2026
News
... the RCP’s guidance for physicians, Confronting corridor care
Explore the RCP’s work on corridor care ... to publish corridor care data from May, following sustained engagement with national leaders.
‘Corridor care... and AI
Members also returned to the issue of corridor care, which the RCP has been actively... can lead to ongoing recruitment challenges and reduced access to specialist care. The RCP continues... described the impact on both learning and patient care.
‘We are already haemorrhaging talented people
16 April 2026
News
... transparency and accountability. The RCP’s calls for year-round corridor care data were... many of those 46,000 patients will have received care in a temporary environment, like a corridor, which is unsafe, undignified, and unacceptable.
“The national data on corridor care we are expecting
3 April 2026
Article
Since the last edition of Commentary in February, the RCP has been working to represent our members and support the work of physicians. Read our summary of the news from the last 2 months and the upcoming opportunities.
27 March 2026
News
... of Intensive Care Medicine to independent college status, were also discussed.
Federation of the Royal... to eliminate unsafe temporary care environments. The NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan is expected later this spring.
RCP welcomes commitment to a timeline for corridor care data publication
Council heard... of the Medical Training Review
Council welcomed NHS England’s publication of a data definition for corridor care and a commitment to national monthly reporting from May. Members emphasised that consistent
26 March 2026
Members only
... needed to stabilise the workforce and ensure sustainable, dignified patient care in Northern Ireland... bottlenecks, rota gaps and system pressures, including corridor care, as well as limited career... resident doctor voice heard and amplified.
Corridor care: national monthly reporting
NHS England has committed to publishing national monthly data on corridor care from May 2026, following sustained RCP advocacy. For the first time, corridor care has been consistently defined across the NHS as patients
12 March 2026
News
... excellent, innovative care while others experience poorer care, with minimal focus on ensuring universal... NHS England’s commitment to national reporting on corridor care from May 2026 and supporting trusts... staff are working incredibly hard to improve access to care and meet the government’s targets...Dr Hilary Williams, clinical vice president of the Royal College of Physicians, said: ‘It is encouraging to see progress towards improving waiting times for elective care, with 61% of patients now
12 March 2026
News
... by the strength of teamwork, professionalism and pride in patient care, alongside the very real pressures... that reduce administrative burden and support safe, efficient care.
Resident doctors also... and development.
Delayed discharges and corridor care were also discussed, with clinicians emphasising... to effective integration with primary care and community services, as well as good access... commitment to patient care:
‘We treat each other as a family rather than separate specialties’
Many
4 March 2026
Policy
... and locally employed doctors
action to tackle corridor care through system-wide discharge planning... their expanding role in delivering frontline care.
Clinicians further described the ethical and emotional toll of delivering care in overcrowded hospitals, where prolonged delays to discharge and insufficient community capacity have normalised corridor care. The report argues that these pressures... bottlenecks, system pressures including corridor care and the need to value and invest in clinical
4 March 2026
News
... and hospitals are working to reduce corridor care, and welcome NHS England’s commitment to supporting trusts... corridor care are working. It is essential that we guard against any loopholes in the definition... the alarm on the growing corridor care crisis because we see the realities of patients being cared... definition of corridor care and its national reporting timeline mark an important step forward. The RCP’s calls for year-round corridor care data were instrumental in NHS England’s commitment to first
4 March 2026
News
... prolonged delays to discharge and insufficient community capacity have normalised corridor care... and leadership opportunities for SAS and locally employed doctors
action to tackle corridor care through system-wide discharge planning, intermediate care and the expansion of ambulatory and community care
greater support for generalist practice and value-based care
meaningful investment in clinical... including corridor care and the need to value and invest in clinical leadership.
The RCP is calling
13 February 2026
News
... set the agenda, from the undignified and unsafe practice of corridor care to ... and to the patients they care for.
‘This survey marks the next step in RCP’s mission to put...;on the issues that affect your working lives and the care your patients receive.
Have your say
12 February 2026
News
... care environments.
‘We also need action to prevent corridor care in the first place. It’s not only... permanent and temporary environments.
Commenting on the need for corridor care data, Professor Patel said: ‘We were expecting published data on corridor care last Spring – but we are still waiting... or resuscitation facilities. In recognition of how widespread corridor care had become, in October... in hospital before their family could see them.’
Figures from the RCP show that corridor care is a year
10 February 2026
News
... patient care.
‘The RCP will continue to advocate for services that are properly staffed, with sufficient... for those living with complex health conditions earlier specialist input and continuity of care matter. Earlier care will reduce unnecessary tests and the risk of corridor care, and lead to faster....
'We welcome the focus on palliative and end of life care. Many people being admitted are sadly... admitted to ensure they receive the right expert medical care. Resident doctors play a key role
9 February 2026
Blog
... everything from the RCP’s action plan for reform of healthcare in NI, to the impact of corridor care
8 February 2026
Article
Since the last edition of Commentary in December, the RCP has been working to represent our members and support the work of physicians. Read our summary of the news from the last 2 months and the upcoming opportunities.
5 February 2026
News
... on acute care, alleviate corridor care and enable people to live their lives well, which is why we... that cancer care does not end when treatment does. Supporting people to live well with cancer, addressing inequalities in access and outcomes, and ensuring joined-up care across hospital and community
2 February 2026
News
... not going away.’ – Professor Mumtaz Patel
Corridor care is a year-round issue, says Royal College of Physicians
Confronting corridor care: guidance for physicians
Member engagement at the RCP... parliamentary event calling for an end to corridor care.
‘We are still asking NHS England to publish corridor...;
On corridor care, the RCP continues to call for the publication of data all year round on how many... and a joint paper with the RCGP on integrated care in Wales.
RCP publishes View on digital and AI report
12 January 2026
Blog
....
It is easy to say that corridor care is unacceptable, but the response needs to go further. As a health... the HSSIB that providing care in temporary spaces is still viewed as a last resort, they echoed the concerns of RCP members who say that corridor care is at serious risk of becoming normalised.
Staff... with. It shows that a sense of acceptance around corridor care is starting to take root among patients, many...For the first time, a national patient safety investigation into corridor care has been conducted
8 January 2026
News
... to publish the data it has promised on corridor care without delay. This is a critical step... it. This is what physicians want and spent years training to provide.
‘Corridor care risks... unable to provide basic care in these spaces.
‘The stark patient stories in today’s...;physicians who provided care in these temporary spaces over the summer months said... in corridors and spaces that were never intended for care delivery. These conditions are unacceptable
15 December 2025
News
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has celebrated 2025 with the launch of a new video remembering a year defined by modernisation, advocacy and a renewed focus on the next generation of physicians.
10 December 2025
Blog
‘Our medical SHOs have become a forgotten tribe – when it comes to their training, we need to do better,’ says Dr Zack Ferguson, a new consultant at Frimley Park Hospital, in our latest next generation blog. Zack will deliver the opening session at our 2026 Call the medical registrar conference – register your interest now.
7 December 2025
Article
Since the last edition of Commentary in October, the RCP has been working to represent our members and support the work of physicians. Read our summary of the news from the last 2 months and the upcoming opportunities – and what to look forward to in 2026.
7 December 2025
Interview
‘Corridor care’ is becoming a year-round challenge; but how can you and your colleagues protect patients – and staff – when forced to offer care in temporary environments?
Commentary speaks to Dr Zuzanna Sawicka, RCP clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards, about the challenges of temporary care environments and the RCP’s recent guidance to help safeguard patients and clinicians.
7 December 2025
Article
.... Although we would never want to normalise corridor care, the guidance gives some helpful advice...There is a great piece by the incoming ECSACOP president, Dr Chris Pasi, who I had the pleasure to meet recently in Kenya when I visited the ECSACOP annual conference and exams. On the international theme, have a look at the article by an RCP examiner doing a quality review of exams in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which is fascinating.
We have published some guidance around corridor care – which sadly has
28 November 2025
Blog
... and address concerns quickly.
Balance safety and wellbeing: improvements should enhance patient care while... as clinicians, but for the patients we care for. By reducing time spent walking and improving response...-quality care. At the same time, staff feel supported and less stressed, which boosts morale... over to the night team because priorities elsewhere took precedence. It wasn’t ideal for patient care
27 November 2025
Members only
..., corridor care and winter pressures, which are all year round now. I met with MPs to discuss... and representatives, I met with Layla Moran MP, chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee. We... how RCP fellows and members are improving care in their hospital?
Following our call for engagement
25 November 2025
News
... practical support to clinicians,’ she said.
Confronting corridor care: guidance for physicians
Doctors sound alarm ahead of winter over hospital preparedness
Summer survey confirms corridor care... we have called on the government to eliminate corridor care, with transparent data published all year... on assisted dying.
Professor Patel also described the RCP’s continued advocacy on corridor care, highlighting updated guidance to support physicians delivering care in temporary environments
24 November 2025
News
... with members and fellows, supporting them to deliver high-quality patient care. Our 18 local... government and Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), including chief medical officer...’, with prolonged waits for discharge and growing issues with patient flow leading to the normalisation of corridor care.
Despite this, clinicians described a strong culture of teamwork. Consultants across
14 November 2025
News
... the foundation of safe and sustainable care.’
Closing the session, Professor Patel thanked participants... directly to good patient care,’ she said. ‘Senior buy-in is improving, but we need monitoring. You... training.’
‘Yes, trusts face competing pressures – ambulance waits, corridor care, emergency...Launched last year, the RCP next generation campaign aims to support and empower residents to deliver the best possible patient care, while advocating for radical reform of the postgraduate
11 November 2025
Policy
Our end-of-year recap celebrates what we’ve done this year to improve health and healthcare.
Thank you to everyone who has been involved with the college during 2025: your passion for excellence in medicine is what drives change. In 2025:
we welcomed over 3,000 new members across all career grades
we secured major policy wins on medical training, workforce and corridor care
Medicine 2025 featured over 100 speakers in 19 specialties, reaching 56 countries
we more than doubled our media coverage
11 November 2025
News
... to ask doctors to perform the impossible. Corridor care is unsafe and unsustainable – it must never...
a national commitment to end corridor care, recognising it as unsafe and unsustainable, with transparent... and sustainability of patient care in the NHS.
Launched at Med+ 2025, the RCP’s annual... care.
Doctors across the UK are delivering high-quality care under ‘unrelenting pressure’, says the RCP, with many physicians warning that unsafe corridor care, rota
30 October 2025
Members only
... health and corridor care – help us to understand the pressures you face and provide us with the evidence... inequalities, neighbourhood health, social care and climate health. We advocated strongly for our
20 October 2025
Position statement
... corridor care. It has today renewed calls on the NHS, HSCNI and governments across the four nations... to corridor care, but a necessary step to safeguard patients and support clinicians in the current... the summer (553 respondents).
The RCP is clear that corridor care is unsafe and unacceptable, but until corridor care is eliminated, staff need support to protect patients and safeguard their wellbeing... two snapshot surveys throughout 2025 on members’ experiences of corridor care. A survey in February
20 October 2025
News
... exhausted, and undermines trust in the system.
“Corridor care is a symptom of deeper problems... will keep pressing the government and NHS to eliminate corridor care. But while this unacceptable... told us. Our survey findings show corridor care has become the reality for too many... are unacceptable, but until corridor care is eliminated, they need support to protect patients and safeguard... with corridor care being a major factor.’
‘Extra patients on the ward in areas not equipped for looking after
16 October 2025
News
... Senedd election calls for a clinically led long-term health and social care workforce plan... and effective care for every patient. To achieve this, we need investment in people – expanding... continue to deliver compassionate, person-centred care in environments that are often stretched beyond capacity. Corridor care is becoming normalised in Welsh hospitals, due in part to delayed discharges and underinvestment in social care. High quality medical training is falling further down
5 October 2025
Article
Since the last edition of Commentary in August, the RCP has been working to represent our members and support the work of physicians. Read our summary of the news from the last 2 months and the upcoming opportunities.
5 October 2025
Article
As an international medical graduate (IMG), I’ve seen hospitals with robust medical education, and hospitals where it is fragmented or barely exists – with direct implications for patient care.
Now, as a cardiology resident, medical educator and clinical researcher, I stand between two eras; the structured outcomes-based approach of today and the immersive apprenticeship model of the past. Both have strengths and limitations. The real challenge is how we integrate them and encourage
5 October 2025
Article
... to continue working for the NHS and delivering world-leading medical care. ... for good patient care to be achieved. In fact, a positive working and learning environment for residents... and provision of care must remain crucial for the health service; however, they reject the idea
2 October 2025
News
... for a zero-tolerance approach to corridor care
Read RCP guidance on the measurement, management... to call for an end to the practice. Council members strongly emphasised that corridor care must... effort outside their home trust or health board.
Corridor care
Council discussed a refreshed RCP position statement on corridor care. This highlights the need to protect patients in temporary... to release promised data on corridor care, with the latest RCP survey results due in October
24 September 2025
... in transferring patients to their home from hospital and contribute to corridor care.
In 2024... and tackle harms from smoking and alcohol.
Invest in social care
The recent GMC... is to develop a clinically led, long-term NHS workforce plan for health and social care. Workforce planning...-term workforce plan for health and social care, more action on prevention and the things that make us ill in the first place, and robust social care solutions. The publication of this manifesto marks
18 September 2025
Policy
... discharge and eliminate corridor care.
... corridor care and often stems from delays in transferring patients out of hospital, which takes several... social care with a fully costed plan to increase capacity and reduce delayed discharge. 69... and impacting patient safety. A long-term health and care workforce plan should set out a new approach... reality of care being delivered in corridors and the growing challenge of an overstretched medical
18 September 2025
News
... delays and eliminate corridor care.
Voices from the NHS front line
Today’s launch comes as RCP...% cite insufficient support from senior colleagues as a barrier to patient care (compared with 33... to deliver safe and effective care. Developed in partnership with NHS Wales doctors, it sets out a clear vision for how the next Welsh government can build a sustainable health and social care system.
A system under pressure
The document highlights the stark reality of care being delivered in corridors
12 September 2025
Blog
... care in a corridor, day room or storage cupboard, but this is the current reality of what it is like.... What we do know is that the drivers causing corridor care – increasing A&E demand, poor patient... of the year, launched this week, which asks questions about corridor care over the summer months and levels... they had delivered care in a temporary environment in the previous month.
Since then, demand... care last winter. Many relied on temporary care environments – such as corridors – to deliver care
11 September 2025
News
... flow, protect patient safety, and ensure that corridor care is eliminated - not normalised. We call on NHS England to urgently publish its corridor care data without delay.”
The RCP is campaigning for action to end and prevent corridor care.
The RCP is asking members to share their experiences... such as corridors, yet none of this has been published. We know corridor care is no longer confined to the winter....
“The government and NHS England have repeatedly pledged to end corridor care. It has now been eight months
3 September 2025
News
... that.
From highlighting the realities of corridor care and health inequalities in the national press, to MPs... corridor care, including publishing data so we can see the full scale of this issue.
How these insights..., and are most worried about ahead of winter.
The RCP has been campaigning for an end to corridor care, calling for year-round data recording incidences of corridor care. NHS England and the Department of Health... of 2025 focussed on two key issues: corridor care and winter pressures.
The short survey will give us
3 September 2025
News
... is delivered in temporary care environments and prevent corridor care by putting safer systems and smoother... better support you as a college,’ she said.
Corridor care, supervision and training reform
Fellows and members raised concerns about the growing normalisation of corridor care, with unsafe conditions for both patients and staff. Professor Patel outlined the RCP’s campaign to eliminate corridor care...) doctors.
Participants discussed some of the most pressing challenges facing the profession, from corridor
8 August 2025
Position statement
... recognises the vital role of generalist physicians in delivering end-of-life care, supported... corridors – settings ill-suited to sensitive, dignified care.
The RCP is calling on government to:
launch a public awareness campaign about end-of-life and palliative care
fund professional education and improvement to support better end-of-life care planning and delivery
commission a national... more open conversations, earlier planning and better integrated care for people with progressive
8 August 2025
News
... end-of-life and palliative care
fund professional education and improvement to support better end... only in the final days or weeks, and often in acute care settings. We can and must do better. Real change will only come when we value continuity of care, the involvement of experienced decision-makers... that embraces personalised, anticipatory approaches to care.
‘Doctors of all career grades and specialties... open conversations, earlier planning and better integrated care for people with progressive life
5 August 2025
News
... the social determinants of health’.
Outpatient care
Published in April, Prescription for outpatients: reimagining planned specialist care, which set out the RCP’s vision for reform of outpatient care over... findings which revealed 78% of respondents had delivered care in unsafe, non-clinical settings...
Corridor care
In January, the RCP called for a zero tolerance approach to corridor care. Our statement, alongside our call to publish the data on corridor care as soon as possible and all year round
2 July 2025
Video
...
Drawing on national data and frontline experience, they highlight the moral injury to staff, the increased mortality for patients, and the systemic inefficiencies that perpetuate this crisis. The video calls on clinicians to advocate for change, rethink discharge decisions, and take small but meaningful actions to protect the most vulnerable. A must-watch for anyone committed to improving acute care.
11 June 2025
Blog
... all know that before temporary escalation spaces/ corridor cases that wards would pop with no staffing model, no named physician and we can’t return to care which feels even more unsafe for our..., and where the care we are aiming to provide is substandard. It is no wonder harm comes to these patients... and frightened by the news stories of poor care. For those of us who have lived experience, this is more... a reality to the eyes of us all when it happens to someone we care for or love. We, as clinicians, all
6 June 2025
News
... with frailty.
"The RCP has long called for an end to corridor care. NHS England must publish the data it promised on the prevalence of corridor care as a priority – it will set a baseline to determine whether... for the first 72 hours of care
the focus on rapid assessment and the implementation of comprehensive geriatric... and treating sepsis
the recognition that corridor care is a serious concern
efforts to improve...The RCP particularly welcomes:
the focus on proactive, community-based, and risk-based care
15 May 2025
News
... hospital flow, tackle corridor care and build a more resilient service that delivers safe and timely care. We know that delays in discharge and transfer are a major cause of the current pressures. Data... Urgent and Emergency Care plan must tackle. Too many patients are spending hours waiting for beds, often receiving care in corridors — a situation that is unsafe for both patients and staff. We need clear..., with a further commitment to publish data on the incidences of corridor care year-round to fully
12 May 2025
Position statement
... because of the inequity of availability, and under-provision of end of life care and palliative care... not divert resources from other end of life care which must be available for all patients... and appropriately skilled health and care professionals including those trained in mental health to assess..., our members will continue to support and advocate for our patients to receive the very best care.
Some... implementation on this matter.
The primary concern of physicians is ensuring the best possible care
30 April 2025
Video
... on the impact of corridor care and how to address it. Experts share real-world experiences, discuss the systemic causes of corridor care, and explore practical solutions to improve patient safety...Overcrowding in hospitals is forcing healthcare professionals to provide care in corridors, waiting rooms, and other unsuitable spaces, compromising patient safety, dignity, and clinical effectiveness. A recent Royal College of Physicians (RCP) survey found that 78% of doctors had delivered care
28 April 2025
Members only
....
» We also published our snapshot survey results on outpatient care and health inequalities. Snapshot surveys – including the corridor care survey earlier this year – are a valuable tool for capturing...;The successful launch of Prescription for outpatients: reimagining planned specialist care, a joint report with the Patients Association, which sets out our vision for reformed outpatient care. Our main
24 April 2025
Blog
... of poor flow is the impact on staff morale and productivity. NHS staff care deeply about patient... with clear goals and strong communication are more productive. We developed a model of care... Day Emergency Care (SDEC), hot clinics, telephone appointments and consultant triage – where senior... are involved in a process, the slower it becomes. Having three people involved in a patient’s care instead
16 April 2025
Policy
... on outpatient care show that more than two thirds (67%) said their ability to deliver outpatient care was limited by the availability of rooms while over half (57%) did not have the adequate... to gather insights into the delivery of outpatient care and the barriers faced.
The findings on outpatient care have been published as part of the RCP’s Prescription for outpatients: reimagining the future of planned specialist care report, developed in partnership with The Patients
3 April 2025
Policy
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published new survey findings about doctors’ experiences of seeing and treating health inequalities.
3 April 2025
News
... health inequalities would have a bigger impact on the wider health and care system.’
The RCP says... community support for them. This leads to corridor care, because then there aren’t enough beds... ourselves on the NHS providing free care at the point of access, there remains a significant disparity in our patients actually accessing this care, particularly if they are living in the most deprived... realities for many of those we care for.
‘We see patients whose health conditions are worsened by damp
1 April 2025
Blog
... corridor care will take time to solve.
The RCP will keep calling on the government to:
Publish year-round data on the incidences of corridor care.
Set out a plan to address the corridor care crisis....
This data alone will not fix the corridor care crisis, but it will establish a baseline to see whether... step forward, but we continue to believe that this data must be published year-round. Corridor care... – that corridor care is commonplace – we need national system-wide data on this practice so we can understand
25 March 2025
News
... are asking the next Welsh government to produce a fully costed plan for social care.
Wales has some...Following consultation with doctors across Wales, the RCP has launched four key asks ahead of the 2026 Senedd election:
People: develop and implement a long-term workforce plan for health and social care
Prevention: develop and implement a cross-government delivery plan to tackle poverty and inequalities in Wales
Parity: develop and implement a fully costed plan for social care
Protect
12 March 2025
News
... circumstances to deliver the best quality service while providing compassionate and supportive care... are severe and complex. From patients receiving care in unsuitable environments such as hospital corridors to significant delays in elective care and discharge, workforce gaps and uncertainties, rising levels
28 February 2025
Members only
I want to begin by acknowledging the distress caused by the incorrect MRCP(UK) Part 2 written exam results received by nearly 300 of our early career colleagues. This has been an incredibly distressing and challenging situation, and I can only imagine the impact it is having on those affected. The RCP is working closely with the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK, the GMC, and other key stakeholders to provide support and ensure that those affected receive the guidance they need.
26 February 2025
Policy
... to respond to the survey but would like to share your experiences of corridor care with the RCP, please... the urgent need to take steps to tackle the systemic causes of corridor care ahead of next winter.
The RCP’s... by supporting them when care is delivered in temporary care environments
prevent corridor care... to eliminate corridor care. We’re calling on government and the NHS to:
publish data all year round... to gather insights into doctors’ experiences of providing care for patients in temporary settings
26 February 2025
News
...: "These findings confirm what doctors across the NHS already know - corridor care is becoming routine... in the corridor rather than in resus, as there was no room for them.”
“Corridor care is a travesty.”
“I have... levels of corridor care, as hospitals across the UK struggle with capacity pressures.
Respondents to the survey shared harrowing firsthand accounts of the ‘corridor care’ crisis:
“The moral... published a position statement calling for a zero-tolerance approach to ‘corridor care
13 February 2025
News
... beds - not because they need medical care, but because there is simply nowhere for them to go such as a place in a residential care home, or a support package for care in their current home... for social care, workforce shortages, and a fragmented care system that is failing both patients and frontline staff.
The government must tackle the worsening crisis in social care to ensure patients can... for social care support, such as a bed in a residential care home, but cannot access these services due
7 February 2025
Blog
... for Health and Social Care and every government department.
The RCP has long called for a cross... in the way we approach health and care in the UK: from hospital to community, analogue to digital... highlighted by the RCP, far too many patients receiving treatment in temporary care environments such as hospital corridors. Primary care services are also under huge pressure. These are clear signs
3 February 2025
News
... the situation while appropriate action is taken to abolish corridor care.’
A dedicated ‘next... in temporary care environments, prevent corridor care by putting safer systems and smoother processes in place and protect patients and staff by supporting them when care is delivered in temporary care... to corridor care. It is undignified, unsafe and unacceptable. ‘We want to hear from our members and fellows... the impact of corridor care on the wellbeing of patients and staff.
As the voice of medicine, we will use
31 January 2025
Members only
...’ approach to corridor care, which includes guidance for physicians, gained significant national... the number of patients receiving care in temporary escalation spaces.
The RCP has been campaigning... inbox!
Earlier this month, following sustained calls from the RCP to measure care in temporary care... – particularly in our efforts to eliminate care in temporary spaces, ‘corridor care.’
Next... you like to ask the candidates for PRCP? Submit your questions by 7 February.
Corridor care
28 January 2025
... as ‘corridor care’ – at the moment patients are ‘hidden and uncounted’. NHS England has committed to record and publish corridor care data. Wales must do the same.
We have just published guidance for physicians on how to support patients in temporary environments but, of course, corridor care should...;
Corridor care This month, we asked governments across the UK to record and publish data... models of care across Wales. She told me:
‘The greater the communication between primary
22 January 2025
News
... the recommendations are acted upon.
‘’Corridor care’ is a clear symptom of the broader challenges facing the NHS... round. ‘Corridor care’ is no longer a problem confined to the winter months.’
Crowding in emergency... is taken to abolish ‘corridor care’.
Dr John Dean, RCP clinical vice president, said: ‘Given... round
put systems and processes in place to eliminate ‘corridor care’
support patients and staff when...Too many patients are being treated in temporary care environments, like hospital corridors
22 January 2025
Position statement
... to eliminate corridor care
support patients and staff when care is delivered in temporary care...Across the NHS, patients are receiving care in spaces that are not designed, staffed or equipped for care delivery such as waiting rooms, corridors, chairs on wards, ambulances outside emergency departments (EDs), and other areas of the hospital not designed for in-patient care. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has termed these spaces ‘temporary care environments’ - reflecting a lack
16 January 2025
News
... the unacceptable practice of corridor care.
“We urge healthcare leaders and policymakers to treat... in today’s Royal College of Nursing report about the reality of the escalating crisis of corridor care in our NHS. The growing prevalence of this unacceptable practice is severely impacting both patient safety and the dignity of care, as evidenced by the devastating testimonies shared by nursing
9 January 2025
News
... are receiving care in temporary environments. Later this month, the RCP will publish new guidance to support NHS staff on the management and elimination of temporary care environments for patients admitted... that they are being asked to provide more and more care in corridors and in other temporary environments... and having a growing impact on waiting times for planned care. It is predominantly affecting some... highest recorded number of patients with waits of this kind - will have received care in temporary
7 January 2025
News
... of the forthcoming 10-year plan to move towards a model that prioritises holistic care closer to home.... At the moment, patients continue to face unacceptable waits with too many receiving inadequate care... for ‘Reforming elective care for patients’, setting out how the government intends to reduce treatment delays. The focus on empowering patients and reforming delivery of care with measures like increased use...Responding to the publication of the ‘Reforming elective care for patients’ plan, Dr Mumtaz Patel
16 December 2024
News
...’ approach to the use of such inadequate care environments.
“Corridor care is unsafe and unacceptable... robust systems and processes to eliminate corridor care,
provide essential support to both patients... or equipped to care for patients like corridors. That’s why we’re calling for urgent and coordinated action across the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care to address this.
“It is imperative that we have a mechanism in place to formally measure and publicly report the extent of care
20 November 2024
Blog
... general medical care?
In my own specialty, medical oncology, we are increasingly aware that, while new drugs are being funded, there’s no extra money to cover the complex acute care needed to manage... to tell you that this isn’t a dignified way to care for people. It’s also soul-destroying for us as staff. The RCP is entirely supportive of the Royal College of Nursing campaign to end corridor care... and ongoing issues in accessing planned and urgent care. Emergency departments are overcrowded with long
14 November 2024
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... patients the right care at the right time, but radical change is needed to see real improvement... to admit them. Many of those will be receiving care in temporary environments, such as corridors but we
11 October 2024
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... is calling on the NHS to record and publish the number of patients receiving care in temporary care... to hear from patients and NHS staff that providing care in corridors is becoming more frequent given the high levels of demand in urgent and emergency care and worsening discharge delays
25 September 2024
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... of their lives if their clinical care is limited to a corridor?
Only this month, Marie Curie published.... There are so many great examples, but learning about the integration of acute and community care... is not acceptable.
Dr Chris Subbe, a quality improvement specialist and acute care physician based in north... nurses, told me that corridor care should be a ‘never event’. Renaming it ‘boarding’ or ‘chair care...I’m sad to say that corridor care appears to have become a permanent feature in hospitals in Wales
3 September 2024
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... to the voices in this report and recognise that end-of-life care is everyone's responsibility. We must... staff struggle with a lack of accessible information and inadequate resources. Corridor care...-of-life care. Despite advancements in treatments for chronic illnesses, we are failing to provide compassionate and coordinated care for those in the final months of life.
‘Too often...
Responding to Time to care – a new Marie Curie Better End of Life research report, Dr Hilary
11 July 2024
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... are having a negative impact on patient care, resulting in reduced access to outpatient care, increased length of stay, care of inpatients out of hours, and delays in diagnosis - just one example... in a corridor. The diagnostic waiting list continues to break records, growing to 1.67 million in May 2024... and care system that isn’t facing significant pressure. Emergency departments had the highest number
13 June 2024
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... can receive care when they need it without harmful delays. The next government must also seek to reduce planned care waiting lists and transform outpatient care through expanding the workforce... for that long in a corridor with acute illness is simply unacceptable.
“Whoever forms the next government must...Commenting on the data, Dr John Dean, clinical vice president of the RCP, said: “There was no let up for emergency care staff in May who saw the highest number of A&E attendances on record
5 June 2024
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With less than a month to go, we are seeing almost daily health headlines as part of the general election campaigns. The NHS may only be 76 years old, but it represents a core part of who we are as a nation. The principle of free, universal, high-quality healthcare is internationally admired – and never more at risk. Just this week the issue of ‘corridor care’ has been raised again.
17 May 2024
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... to these measures. Continuing workforce constraints in health and care will be the limiting factor. ... with social care and communities to deliver this. The use of discharge ready data will help. Maintaining... and emergency care for patients. This includes many of the interventions we have been calling for and will in time help clinicians to deliver the care patients need. Far too many people are left waiting inordinate lengths of time from arriving in hospital to receiving the care they need
9 May 2024
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... long for care, despite the best efforts of staff.
“It’s clear that hospitals urgently need additional staff, beds and capacity, as well as speedier transfers of care into the community when patients are ready to leave hospital. Patients need better access to social care and the NHS must invest... not for a range of reasons including community care pressures or lack of available transport.
“While... is available. Expecting patients to wait for 12 hours in a corridor with acute illness is simply
15 April 2024
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... are integrated well into the care pathway.
'Despite pressures across the system, our members continue to do their utmost to provide the best quality care to their patients, even if they are waiting in corridors...'One year on from the Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan, the latest performance figures show that the healthcare service is still facing unsustainable year-round demands, and unacceptable delays for patients. March 2024 saw a record 2.35 million attendances to emergency departments (EDs
4 April 2024
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... to be admitted for acute medical care in our hospitals. Expecting patients to wait for 12 hours in a corridor after being admitted with acute illness is unacceptable. People are coming to harm.
‘Hospitals urgently need additional beds, staff and capacity for inpatient care, as well as speedier... the right care first time.
RCP clinical vice president Dr John Dean said:
‘This new... plan for the recovery of urgent and emergency care services in January 2023. The plan aims
20 September 2023
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... as doctors – clinical judgement, compassionate care, the holistic management of multiple conditions
3 August 2023
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.... Front door frailty care must be a priority for these clinicians.
3. We welcome the focus for ICBs... at the right points in the pathway. This will help to limit unnecessary admissions, provide the right care... levels of excellent care, day and night, despite significant pressure over several years... 8,500.
The workforce plan does not address a critical link in the patient pathway - social care... to avert a crisis in winter is crucial, we must also act now. Urgent and emergency care in the NHS
29 March 2023
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... the high-quality care they deserve."
... in care, and maintain high professional standards across the Welsh NHS. I want to recognise... standards of care and a better patient experience for people in Wales.
Dr Williams trained
21 October 2022
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... and social care staff are leaving saying conditions and the pressure is too much.
"As we have been saying...
Commenting on the report, Dr Sarah Clarke, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said:
“Usually this would make for stark reading, but unfortunately it is another in a line of reports that show the results of sustained underfunding of both health and social care.
"People are unable to see their GP or dentist, waiting in ambulances and emergency departments, lying on trolleys
21 October 2022
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... and social care staff are leaving saying conditions and the pressure is too much.
"As we have been saying...
Commenting on the report, Dr Sarah Clarke, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said:
“Usually this would make for stark reading, but unfortunately it is another in a line of reports that show the results of sustained underfunding of both health and social care.
"People are unable to see their GP or dentist, waiting in ambulances and emergency departments, lying on trolleys
12 July 2022
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... the Department of Health and Social Care, campaigners and royal colleges to discuss progress on air pollution... on the size of the elective backlog in February 2022 by integrated care system (ICS – the new unit
5 April 2022
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... and emergency care and the workforce implications but very little detail. Until we see... care’. This has been carefully worded given the inexorable rise of waiting times since mid 2009 (when... of the way in other parts of the world.
Warriors of the wasteland – elective care recovery plan
Last week saw the publication of NHS England’s ‘Elective care recovery plan’ as it has been known...-employed. We don’t know how health and social care settings will respond to such an edict, but I think we