NHS bid to end corridor care could leave patients trapped in hospital car park
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An NHS bid to end corridor care could leave patients trapped in hospital's car parks.Jason Killens, the chief executive of the London Ambulance Service, has warned that effort to eliminate long waits in A&E could result in patients being placed in even more danger.His warning follows the Government's promise to eliminate the practice of corridor care - where patients spend at least 45 minutes being treated in inappropriate settings.Mr Killens, who is also the chairman of the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE), told The Telegraph: "We need good flow through not just the emergency department but the entirety of the hospital, so we don't get the bottleneck at the emergency department, we don't get bottlenecks in the corridor and we don't get bottlenecks in the car park." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say He warned that the consequences of removing corridor care could be the most dangerous for more vulnerable patients such as the elderly."I'm not saying corridor care is...
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