Worksop's Bassetlaw Hospital has one of the lowest numbers of patients receiving corridor care across the country.

Figures revealed for the first time by NHS England list patients who received corridor care for more than 45 minutes in hospitals nationally during May.

The figure for Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust is just 0.2 per cent.

Corridor care is defined by NHS England as treatment that does not take place in a clinically appropriate and safe setting.

Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop had one of the lowest incidences of patients receiving corridor care during May this year.

placeholder image — Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop had one of the lowest incidences of patients receiving corridor care during May this year.

Such a setting is defined by criteria including at-bed services such as oxygen and call bells; whether privacy can be maintained; access to food, water and toilets; and whether lights can be turned off and noise levels minimised to allow sleep.

If treatment does not meet any one of these criteria, it is then classed as corridor care.

Two sets of data have now been released, showing levels of corridor care in hospital emergency departments and also in hospital wards.

The figures cover patients receiving treatment, waiting for assessment, admission or transfer, but do not include ambulance handover delays.

Some 20 NHS trusts accounted for more than half (51.1 per cent) of the average daily number of patients receiving corridor care for more than 45 minutes in emergency departments in May, with London North West University Healthcare having the highest number (100 patients or 4.4 per cent of the total), followed by the Royal Free London (86 or 3.8 per cent) and Lewisham and Greenwich (77 or 3.4 per cent).

For corridor care in hospital wards – which covers patients who are being treated within a ward but not in a designated bed space – 20 NHS trusts accounted for more than two-thirds (68.6 per cent) of the total in May, with North Bristol having the highest number (40 patients or six per cent of the average daily total), followed by University Hospitals Sussex (39 or 5.8 per cent) and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals (32 or 4.8 per cent).

Both lists are ranked by the average number of patients per day who received corridor care for more than 45 minutes, starting with the highest incidence.