Hospitals: Standards
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish data on corridor care in hospitals.
Answered by Karin Smyth
NHS England published data on corridor care for the first time on Thursday 11 June.
NHS England has worked closely with clinical partners, including the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, to establish a consistent national definition and approach to monitoring corridor care. A national definition and daily reporting arrangements were introduced in March 2026, with the aim of improving visibility of pressures and supporting targeted action to reduce instances of corridor care.
The Government is clear that corridor care is not acceptable and should not be considered as standard practice.
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