Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 105059

Hospitals: Standards

Tabled: 12 January 2026

Answered: 22 January 2026

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set a definition of corridor care.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The provision of clinical care in corridors is unacceptable, and we are committed to ending its practice in the National Health Service. Furthermore, our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 commits to publishing data on the prevalence of corridor c...

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