Hospitals attack ‘barking mad’ NHS target to manage winter crisis

NHS England has ordered hospitals to avoid treating patients in corridors over the winter.Health service chiefs have been declared “barking mad” for ordering hospitals to ensure no patient is treated in a corridor or languishes on a trolley for hours when this year’s winter crisis hits.NHS England’s instructions, intended to avoid a repeat of hospitals’ descent into the sort of meltdown seen last year, also say that patients should not have to wait more than 15