Nurses warn of ‘national emergency’ in NHS as patients are ‘treated on chairs’ in hospital corridors
Nurses have declared a “national emergency” in the NHS, warning that patients are dying in hospital corridors.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) revealed patients are being left without access to oxygen and enduring intimate examinations in inappropriate crowded areas.
At the start of the union’s annual conference in Newport, South Wales, acting general secretary Professor Nicola Ranger will use her keynote speech to declare a national emergency, releasing a new report on clinical care in inappropriate areas.
The RCN is calling for mandatory reporting of patients cared for in corridors to show the extent of
