More than 2,200 patients received care in a corridor of an A&E department every day in May

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Corridor care is when patients spend more than 45 minutes waiting for an appropriate place for their care with ministers pledging to eradicate the practice by 2029

More than 2,200 patients received care in a corridor of an A&E department every day in May

Published for the first time, the data recorded 2,241 daily cases of A&E corridor care, with 699 patients also treated in other inappropriate settings