Select Committee · Health and Social Care Committee

Corridor Care

Status: Open Opened: 4 Mar 2026

Following the publication of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s investigation Patient care in temporary care environments the Committee is holding a one off session to examine the issues. There are concerns that 'corridor care', where patients are treated in hospital corridors and other areas that lack the usual facilities for clinical care, has escalated …

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
11 Mar 2026 Dr Ian Higginson · Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Rosie Bennyworth · Health Services Safety Investigation Board, Karin Smyth MP · Department of Health and Social Care, Kelly McGovern · West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Professor Nicola Ranger · Royal College of Nursing, Professor Tim Briggs · NHS England, Sarah-Jane Marsh · NHS England View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
26 Mar 2026 Correspondence to Minister Smyth - corridor care