Eliminating Corridor Care

The Eliminating Corridor Care Seminar 2026 is a specialist online event listed through the British Society of Gerontology events platform that focuses on improving the quality and safety of healthcare for older adults. Corridor care has become an increasingly important issue across health systems, particularly in emergency and acute care settings where older people are often disproportionately affected by overcrowding, delayed admissions, and fragmented care pathways. This seminar brings together clinicians, researchers, service managers, and policy professionals to explore practical solutions that reduce corridor care and improve patient outcomes.

Why this event matters

Healthcare systems across the United Kingdom continue to face rising demand from an ageing population. Older adults frequently require complex, multidisciplinary care, and delays in assessment, admission, and discharge can significantly affect their health, independence, and wellbeing. Corridor care is associated with reduced privacy, compromised dignity, increased clinical risk, and poorer patient experiences.

The seminar addresses these challenges by examining how hospitals, community services, and integrated care systems can redesign processes to provide safer, more effective care for older people. Participants will gain insight into current evidence, emerging policy initiatives, and practical improvement strategies that can be applied across healthcare settings.

Conference theme

The central theme of the seminar is improving healthcare environments and patient pathways for older adults through evidence-based service redesign. Discussions focus on eliminating corridor care by strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration, enhancing patient flow, improving discharge planning, and implementing quality improvement methodologies.

Key topics

Understanding corridor care

The seminar begins with an overview of corridor care, including its causes, prevalence, and impact on older adults. Speakers examine how demographic change, workforce pressures, hospital capacity constraints, and delayed transfers of care contribute to the problem.

Patient safety and dignity

Sessions explore the relationship between corridor care and patient safety, including medication errors, falls risk, infection control, communication challenges, and safeguarding concerns. Particular attention is given to maintaining dignity, privacy, and person-centred care for frail older adults.

Integrated care approaches

Experts discuss how integrated health and social care services can reduce unnecessary hospital stays and improve care transitions. Examples include multidisciplinary assessment teams, community-based rehabilitation, virtual wards, and enhanced discharge coordination.

Workforce and service redesign

Healthcare leaders present practical examples of workforce innovation, clinical pathway redesign, capacity management, and operational improvements that have successfully reduced corridor care in hospital and community settings.

Policy and system improvement

The seminar also examines national policy developments related to emergency care, hospital flow, frailty services, and integrated care systems. Participants learn how organisational leadership and system-wide collaboration can support sustainable change.

Who should attend

The event is designed for professionals involved in the care of older adults across health and social care services. It is particularly relevant for:

• Gerontologists and ageing researchers

• Geriatricians and physicians

• Nurses and advanced clinical practitioners

• Allied health professionals

• Hospital and community service managers

• Integrated care system leaders

• Policymakers and commissioners

• Academic researchers and postgraduate students

Learning outcomes

By attending the seminar, participants will be able to:

• Understand the causes and consequences of corridor care.

• Apply evidence-based approaches to improve patient flow.

• Identify practical interventions that enhance safety and dignity.

• Strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration across services.

• Explore policy and quality improvement strategies relevant to older adult care.

• Translate research and best practice into clinical and organisational settings.

Networking and professional development

Although delivered online, the seminar provides opportunities for professional networking through interactive discussions, question-and-answer sessions, and knowledge exchange with experts working across gerontology, geriatrics, nursing, social care, and healthcare management.

Benefits for organisations

Healthcare organisations can use insights from the seminar to support:

• Quality improvement initiatives

• Patient safety programmes

• Frailty pathway development

• Emergency department improvement

• Workforce training and education

• Integrated care planning

• Service redesign for ageing populations

Relevance to gerontology

The seminar aligns closely with the British Society of Gerontology's broader mission of improving understanding of ageing and later life through multidisciplinary research, policy engagement, and professional collaboration. By focusing on healthcare systems that better meet the needs of older adults, the event contributes to ongoing efforts to improve later-life health, independence, and quality of care.

Practical information

The event will be delivered online across the United Kingdom, allowing participants from universities, hospitals, community services, research institutions, and policy organisations to attend without travel. Interactive sessions, expert presentations, and implementation-focused discussions make it particularly valuable for professionals seeking practical improvements that can be applied within their own organisations.

Wrapping UP

The Eliminating Corridor Care Seminar 2026 offers a timely opportunity for healthcare professionals, researchers, and service leaders to address one of the most pressing challenges affecting older adult care. Through evidence-based learning, multidisciplinary collaboration, and practical service improvement strategies, participants will gain valuable knowledge that supports safer, more dignified, and more effective healthcare for ageing populations across the United Kingdom.