Ethics and corridor care: a contradiction in terms? (BMJ, 16 January 2025)

Summary

In the midst of huge winter pressures, NHS principles on care in “temporary escalation spaces” threaten to take leave from reality.

In September 2024 NHS England published Principles for providing safe and good quality care in temporary escalation spaces—in short, a guide to the ethics of corridor care. In this BMJ opinion piece, Julian Sheather and Matt Phillips take a closer look at the principles outlined in the report.

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