Government to send NHS expert teams to trusts with highest corridor care rates
The Facts
- The government announced that expert teams will be deployed to NHS trusts with the highest rates of corridor care.
- The support for the worst-affected trusts is intended to help leaders better understand data and improve patient flow.
- The government says it aims to eradicate corridor care by the end of this Parliament.
- The announcement came with confirmation of 40 new and expanded same-day emergency care and urgent care centres.
- The new and expanded centres are intended to allow faster treatment and reduce pressure on A&E departments.
- NHS England published a definition of corridor care in March.
- According to the government, early data indicates that most corridor care is concentrated in a small number of NHS trusts.
Context
What is the government doing to address corridor care?
It says specialist teams will work with the trusts that have the highest levels of corridor care, giving tailored clinical and operational support to leadership teams to improve patient flow and reduce the practice gov.uk,LBC,Irish News.
What other changes were announced at the same time?
The Department of Health and Social Care also confirmed 40 new and expanded same-day emergency care and urgent care centres, which it says should help patients be treated faster and ease pressure on busy A&E departments Daily Mail,gov.uk,Irish News.
How is corridor care being defined here?
The coverage says NHS England published a definition of corridor care in March; one cited threshold is patients spending 45 minutes or more in clinically inappropriate spaces while waiting for care LBC,Irish News.
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