Recruiting ‘corridor care’ nurses is a new low that shames us all

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As a hospital advertises for staff to care solely for the overspill from its wards and cubicles, Dr Sarah Williams says this is more than just the latest evidence of the struggle to cope with winter pressures – those of us working on the frontline recognise it as a desperate move by a health service at breaking point

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