Corridor Care (Matter for Discussion)

A member of medical staff in scrubs is seen from behind, walking down a hospital corridor, pushing a patient on a trolley. Submitted by the RCN Gloucestershire Branch
That this meeting of RCN Congress discusses the impact of corridor care upon patients and nursing staff. 

More information can be found on the RCN Congress pages: https://www.rcn.org.uk/congress/Agenda

Please see below for some relevant resources you might like to look at ahead of the debate.

Reading List - Corridor Care (Matter for Discussion)

Journal articles
Reports and publications

Dean E (2020) The acute pressures that are making ‘corridor nursing’ the new normal: Nursing Standard readers reveal their concerns over undignified care and breaches in patient safety., Nursing Standard, 35(2), pp. 8–10.
McAlees M (2020) ‘Corridor nursing’: experts fear patient safety is being compromised, Nursing and Residential Care, 22(3), p. 127.
Readers’ panel - Is ‘corridor care’ by nurses proof that the healthcare system is broken? (2020) Nursing standard, 35(2), p. 12.
Jones S (2022) Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality, Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 39(3), p. 168.

Audit Scotland (2023) NHS in Scotland 2022.
The King’s Fund (2022) What’s going on with A&E waiting times?
The Royal College of Nursing (2022) Nursing staff sound the alarm over patients being treated in corridors and on trollies.
The Royal College of Nursing (2022) Nursing Under Unsustainable Pressure: staffing for safe and effective care.
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Corridor care: survey results. London: Royal College of Nursing.