The people praying were given only the first names of their patients and never visited the hospital. They were instructed to pray for the patients daily "for a speedy recovery with no complications." ...

ELDERLY patients wait on a row of trolleys in a crowded corridor in a picture ... More than 13,000 out of 100,000 hospital beds in England are taken up by people who are fit to go home but cannot ...

Ms Aston said patients needed rest and quiet when ill in hospital and the corridor was a "busy thoroughfare". She explained: "People were walking in both directions [and] there aren't screens ...