Wes Streeting 'ashamed' of corridor care as crack teams sent to worst hospitals

EXCLUSIVE: Wes Streeting 'ashamed' of corridor care as crack teams sent to worst hospitalsWes Streeting said leaving sick people languishing on trolleys should not be normalised and signalled he'd go faster on his pledge to eradicate corridor care by the next electionCommentsNewsLizzy Buchan Political Editor22:30, 11 Apr 2026Wes Streeting 'ashamed' of corridor care as crack teams sent to worst hospitals Wes Streeting has said he is "ashamed" patients are treated in corridors in Britain as crack teams will be sent in to overhaul problem hospitals.‌The Health Secretary said leaving sick people languishing on trolleys should not be normalised and signalled he'd go faster on his pledge to eradicate corridor care by the next election.‌In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, Mr Streeting said: "I cannot imagine for myself or someone that I love in my own family being on a corridor being remotely dignified. It is certainly undignified, it is certainly less safe, and that's why we've got to get rid of it."‌He added: "I've said I want to get rid of this by the end of the Parliament, but if I can do it sooner, I absolutely will and we are keeping a real focus on this."READ MORE: Wes Streeting warns Nigel Farage can't be trusted with the NHS - 'pack of lies'READ MORE: NHS rolls out semi-autonomous ambulances to tackle deadly 999 delaysView 3 ImagesWes Streeting speaks to patients in Queen's Hospital as he set out plans to tackle corridor care(Image: Philip Coburn/Daily Mirror)Under new plans, teams of experts will be deployed to trusts with the worst rates of corridor care to fix problems. And 40 new and expanded centres have been named across England to ease pressure on stretched A&Es, including in Birmingham, Leicester, Southampton and Stockport.‌It comes after a damning report by the Royal College of Nursing described corridor care as a "type of torture" in January....