Shropshire patient left to change in hospital corridor 'felt exposed'

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Shropshire patient left to change in hospital corridor 'felt exposed'
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A hospital trust says it aims to maintain patients' dignity amid operational pressures.

By Rob TriggA woman treated in a hospital corridor says the lack of privacy was "wholly inappropriate" after other patients saw her without a top.

She explained: "People were walking in both directions [and] there aren't screens around your bed so people wanting the toilet who couldn't get out of bed were faced with the thought of using a bed pan in full view." Ms Aston said she was concerned about other patients' health and safety in the hospital as well as her own and described the hospital as being like a "warzone".Ms Aston, from near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, said she had also written to Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service over her ordeal in May, asking whether it was safe to have beds on corridors in the event of a blaze.

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