Corridor care crisis: Govt must end this shameful chapter

EMBARGO: 00:01 Friday 31st October 2025

Responding to an Age UK report on the shocking extent of corridor care in the NHS, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:

"These harrowing stories - of elderly men and women crammed into hospital corridors, left in their own excrement, unable to drink and eat - has no place in a modern or decent society. It is offensive to the dignity and rights of the British people, and it is offensive to the people who work in our emergency departments who are unable to provide the care they want to give, and have been trained to give.

“Enough. The government must treat this as a national crisis and urgently end corridor care. That is why the Liberal Democrats are calling for an Urgent and Emergency Care Plan, which includes a rapid expansion of the number of hospital beds, to finally bring an end to this shameful chapter."

ENDS