Treatment in hospital corridors

I've been treated in a corridor on a trolley and had excellent care several times where I live now . January last year treated for day and half on a trolley ward my local hospital had made by the major incident room . Each trolley had a button on the wall to call the nurse . The care we had couldn't have been better than on a ward.
I was then transferred to an acute cardiac ward for 4 days before going to heart and lung hospital for angiography on the Saturday. And discharged on the Monday .

Where I used to live the healthcare was awful . Have nothing but praise for where I live now .

My husband had a hospital admission from A&E following an appointment that turned into an emergency. I was quite shocked at the system in A&E where elderly people are just left waiting around on uncomfortable chairs for hours and hours and hours whilst they wait for beds. My husband was lucky that he got transferred from A&E to an assessment ward in only 10 hours...

Must be distressing for attending staff as well, if this is their constant work environment.

i think people like the lady who passed should not be in the corridors but a private bay in the treatment area, if there has to be corridors used maybe for less serious cases, ie broken bones, virus' etc

You were lucky. The elderly man next-door to me was in a public corridor all day with people constantly walking past and staring at him. He had no dignity at all.
And the care wasn't good either, he didn't get a drink until his daughter shouted at someone and even then it was a cup of tepid water.
It was that bad of an experience his daughter has already spoken to a solicitor about it.

ayse I was afraid when my son had a stroke in California rather than here in the UK because although he has (very expensive) insurance it doesn't fully cover everything.

I got the call after he was in hospital and I was very afraid for him.

I need not have been so anxious and soon was grateful he wasn't here with potentially a wait for the ambulance.

His had only taken seven minutes to get to him and within an hour he had already had his bloods done, a brain scan and all the other tests and was in a private room. The correct thrombolysis drug had been administered.

I'm sure, like here, everywhere is different but I will always be grateful.

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dont know where you american friend lives but been in the hospital 6 x s in the last 5 yrs and neverhad to wait for care and one night had to wait for the bed was for fresh bedding
4 hospitals in 3 different towns and that was before i got senior free medical

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A friend's husband spent three and a half days on a trolley in the corridor. The staff did keep,on checking him and tests were done. Whennhe eventually got a bed he was kept in fir 8 days and his treatment was excellent. At our local hospital there are often queues of ambulances with patients waiting g for admission. Waits can be between 4 and 8 hours to actually get inside the hospital.

Better treated in a corridor than not treated. Not ideal, I know but the staff do their best with limited resources.

An American relative was taken to hospital in the States following a suspected heart problem. He waited over 8 hours to be seen. This was with insurance! Apparently it’s like this all the in their ER!

Missiseff

How did it get to this? Seriously? 14 years of Tories is how.

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The use of corridor beds preceded Covid, Missiseff

How did it get to this? Seriously? 14 years of Tories is how.

Cut back on beds! In my role within S.W. I attended a meeting with NHS and tge whole place was silent when the Chair announced that tge NHS Trust was reducing bed capacity by 1000. This was 21 tears ago and I belueve there have been further reductions over these years. Anticipated quicker turnaround so notvso many beds needed. No account taken of increase in population, development of more treatments some very involved necessitating longer stays. I am fed up hearing Covid being used as the cause of the need for corridor beds.

An elderly relative of mine was admitted to A&E a while ago and placed on a trolley in a corridor . The poor lady on the trolley in front of him died alone. Relative's daughter managed to find someone to help her but it was too late. Relative was eventually moved into a cubicle but then told he was going back into the corridor so someone else could take his place. His daughter made a fuss and eventually he was left in the cubicle with a curtain around him and a few hours later transferred to a ward where he passed.

A distressed, elderly woman died alone in an A&E corridor in full view of other people waiting at a north Wales hospital, a visitor has claimed.
Nadia Wainwright said she witnessed the woman's final moments at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, before a paramedic intervened and placed a blanket over her face after she had died.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said it could not comment on an individual patient's circumstances but acknowledged the incident would have been "deeply upsetting".
A Welsh government spokeswoman said they it was "seeking assurance" from the health board on the circumstances.
Nadia said she was "deeply shocked" to witness the death at an "extremely overcrowded" A&E filled with "patients in chairs and beds lining the corridors".
She explained how her family noticed the "elderly, frail woman" lying alone in the corridor opposite them, while Nadia was attending the department with her unwell partner.
"My mother-in-law and I noticed that the patient did not seem to be moving," she said.
She said a paramedic walked past, so the pair tried to get his attention as the woman "appeared to be in distress and was making grunting noises" but "did not appear to be receiving attention".
"The paramedic then realised that she had passed away and began shouting for staff assistance, and it then took approximately five minutes for staff to respond and attend to the patient. During this time, the paramedic pulled the blanket over her face," she said.
"She had passed away alone in the corridor with no privacy and no one holding her hand".
Nadia said she understands the "huge pressure" on NHS staff but "no patient, especially an elderly and vulnerable person should be left alone in a corridor".
"This was extremely upsetting for us to witness, especially as I have never seen a deceased person before," she said.
"I can't stop thinking about it. I'm so angry. It was absolutely chaotic there."
Nadia said her mother helped another elderly lady in her 80s in the A&E department to empty her catheter, get a drink and call her family.
She said: "Some of the managers and directors of the health board should spend some time on these corridors. Perhaps they could sit with these patients. No one should be left to die unattended like that."
Tremeirchion councillor Chris Evans said: "There is no way that anybody should be dying in a corridor while staff are walking past."
Despite investment into Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, he says the "problem isn't getting sorted" and "people are dying without any dignity".
Rhyl councillor Brian Jones said: "This is another horrific example of the flaws in A&E in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board."
Angela Wood, the board's executive director of nursing and midwifery, said they recognised that "witnessing a medical emergency or a patient who is critically unwell can be deeply upsetting".
She said the health board was "committed to providing care with dignity, compassion, and respect "and "corridor care is not something we want for our patients".
"At times some patients are not receiving the standard of environment or experience we would want for them, and we are absolutely committed to addressing this.
"We have been contacted directly by the author of the social media post and will be speaking with them to understand the circumstances in more detail."
A Welsh Government spokesperson said: "We are aware of the social media post and are seeking assurance from the health board on the circumstances."
They said delivery of care in undesignated or non-clinical environments was "not acceptable" and compromises patient "dignity, safety, and staff wellbeing".
The Welsh Government aim to end this practice with "system-wide reform" and "have clearly outlined our expectations for health boards to reduce avoidable harm", said the spokesperson.
An additional £200m has been allocated to address pressures facing NHS Wales, they said.

The above on BBC Wales news a couple of hours ago.

When my husband was it, every man and his metaphorical dog went past, several times per minute. It was not at all suitable.

My local hospital has actually put up individual area curtains in the corridors of A&E. I spent a day in a corridor last August, as I was waiting a bed in an observation ward. The curtains gave me total privacy as and when required, all other treatments continued as in a ward. Not ideal, but better than nothing.

My elderly dad spent 36 hours in a corridor before being admitted. I’ve been on corridor care, but my experience was completely different to dad’s and a more calm experience.

We run our hospital at near capacity.
Many other countries don't do this.

It is very common in Melbourne. Sometimes you can be in a corridor more than a day. Even in the private hospitals. Not enough medical people and the ones they have are very overworked.

I'm glad the care appears to be there, even if does have to be in a corridor.

It's true that house building goes on with very little thought to the much needed infrastructure.

We have a recently built estate, with a new junior school planned, but the high schools in the area are already oversubscribed, with no new ones being planned.

In my area blocks of flats are being built and over the last few years they have been thousands. Nobody has given a thought to the one hospital we have, GPs and dentists. Schools appear to be okay.

The shops around are delighted.

The waiting list is horrendous, but thankfully I haven't been blur lighted there for a few years when I was seen immediately, admitted and operated on soon as it was a BH.