Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93582

Hospitals: Standards

Tabled: 21 November 2025

Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients that have received clinical care in corridors or other non-designated clinical areas in NHS hospitals in the last year.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government recognises that the practice of providing clinical care in corridors or other non-designated areas is unacceptable and is committed to eradicating it from our National Health Service.Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan, published in June, se...

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