Frontline testimony published by the Royal College of Nursing in January 2026 has brought renewed attention to the growing use of corridor care across the NHS. Practices once seen as temporary responses to pressure are increasingly described as routine, raising serious concerns about patient safety, dignity, and staff wellbeing. The evidence highlights corridor care as a systemic issue rooted in workforce shortages, limited capacity, delayed discharges, and long-standing governance gaps rather than individual clinical failure. Alongside public and professional concern, the lack of transparent national data and the impact of moral injury on staff underline the need for coordinated leadership, honest accountability, and sustained system-wide action to prevent unsafe practices from becoming normalised.