This analysis demonstrates the crisis in emergency services in the NHS, highlighting dehumanizing practices affecting patient care.
The crisis in the NHS continues and nowhere is it felt greater than in the emergency department (ED). The disgraceful practices that dehumanise patients who are often left in spaces undesignated for care – such as corridors, waiting rooms and stock rooms – are normalised through the use of hospital management nomenclature like 'lodging' and 'temporary escalation spaces'.
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