Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84800

Hospitals: Standards

Tabled: 23 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish ?the data on the number of patients treated in (a) corridors and (b) other inappropriate spaces.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government is committed to tackling the unacceptable practice of corridor care in our National Health Service. Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan, published in June, set out the steps that we are taking, including the commitment to publish data on the...

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