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A&Es in ‘big trouble’ because of ‘normalised’ corridor care, says leading UK medic

todayDecember 30, 2025

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Emergency medicine specialist says improved social care and efficiency would help crisis in NHS

Emergency departments across the UK are “in big trouble” owing to the way corridor care has been “normalised”, a leading medic has warned.

Dr Ian Higginson, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), said there should be “howls of outrage” over deaths linked to long emergency department waits, with just a few hospitals around the UK managing to avoid caring for patients on trolleys in corridors.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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