Top doctors fear 'danger normalised'
The Herald|December 16, 2024
LEADING emergency doctors have expressed concern about a new guide on how to treat patients in corridors, saying it is "normalising the dangerous".
Top doctors fear 'danger normalised'

NHS England has produced guidance on "providing safe and good quality care in temporary escalation spaces".

But the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said the "nonsensical" guidance is "out of touch".

The guidance, published in September, acknowledges corridor care is "not acceptable and should not be considered as standard" but due to current pressures some hospitals are "using temporary escalation spaces more regularly and this use is no longer 'in extremis".

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