More than half of nurses have treated patients receiving end-of-life care in corridors or other makeshift spaces, a damning report reveals.
Terminally ill patients are being condemned to ‘undignified’ deaths and poor quality care in NHS hospitals due to crippling staff shortages, the health workers warn.
Meanwhile, overcrowding means some of the most vulnerable are left languishing on trollies where they must go to the toilet and even die in ‘full glare of the public’.
Nurses told researchers of widespread problems in care planning, leading to uncertainty and in some cases patients being resuscitated against their wishes.
The survey of 1,153 UK nurses and
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