{"id":83254,"date":"2026-01-08T20:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83254"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:28:43","slug":"caring-for-patients-in-corridors-is-so-normal-nhs-hospitals-are-installing-plug-sockets-in-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/caring-for-patients-in-corridors-is-so-normal-nhs-hospitals-are-installing-plug-sockets-in-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Caring for patients in corridors is so &#8216;normal&#8217; NHS hospitals are installing plug sockets in them"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1TMlDs.img?w=534&amp;h=366&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Patients being treated in hospital corridors has become increasingly common due to a lack of available beds (file photo)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/nhs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">NHS<\/a> hospitals are installing plug sockets and call bells in corridors to care for patients, an investigation has found.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/caring-for-patients-in-corridors-is-so-normal-nhs-hospitals-are-installing-plug-sockets-in-them\/ar-AA1TM9mV?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=696011d546ed42ccbbc31ef9c5a9bcf6&amp;ei=22\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>NHS hospitals are installing plug sockets and call bells in corridors to care for patients, an investigation has found. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/patients-in-corridor.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83255,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83254\/revisions\/83255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}