Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of corridor care in NHS hospital trusts serving Merseyside; and what support is being provided to those trusts to reduce the use of inappropriate temporary care environments.

NHS England now publishes trust-level corridor care data as part of its regular NHS Performance Statistics Publication. As this is a new dataset, it is currently designated as Statistics in Development while data quality and completeness continue to improve. The Department has not made a separate assessment of the prevalence of corridor care specifically across National Health Service trusts serving Merseyside beyond consideration of the published NHS England data.

NHS England provides targeted support to organisations experiencing the highest levels of corridor care. This includes expert Getting It Right First Time teams working with local NHS leaders to improve patient flow, strengthen discharge arrangements, and reduce overcrowding. Trusts serving Merseyside, like all NHS organisations, can access this support where appropriate.