Corridor care least common in Scotland and most common in Wales and Northern Ireland suggests shoddy trainee emergency doctors survey

The Guardian today has: Corridor care ‘endemic’ in UK, doctors say as study reveals scale of problem The report is based on Understanding corridor and escalation area care in 165 UK emergency departments: a multicentre cross-sectional snapshot study by the Trainee Emergency Research Network TERN in the BMJ, yesterday. The above map has England broken up into regions but it’s clear that put together and averaged, England would have a darker shade than Scotland. The only mention of Scotland in the report: Hospital level surveys with variable methodology from 21 hospitals in Scotland and 15 hospitals in Wales suggest escalation … Continue reading Corridor care least common in Scotland and most common in Wales and Northern Ireland suggests shoddy trainee emergency doctors survey