# NHS Urgently Ends 'Corridor Care' for Children > Health Secretary Yvette Cooper demands NHS stop corridor care for children after two-year-old Finlay Roberts died in 2024. - Title: NHS Urgently Ends 'Corridor Care' for Children · MadeForMums - Summary: Health Secretary Yvette Cooper demands NHS stop corridor care for children after two-year-old Finlay Roberts died in 2024. NHS must end corridor care for… - Keywords: nhs, corridor care, finlay roberts, yvette cooper, health secretary, a&e, child emergency care, nhs funding, Urgently, Ends, 'Corridor, Care' - Source: MadeForMums — https://madeformums.com/news/nhs-told-urgently-end-corridor-care-children - Read time: 1 min - Topics: nhs, corridor care, finlay roberts, yvette cooper, health secretary, a&e, child emergency care, nhs funding ## NHS Told to End Corridor Care Health Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged to end corridor care for children after a two-year-old died in 2024. > No child should be treated in a corridor. No patient should be treated in a corridor. ## Finlay Roberts' Death Two-year-old Finlay Roberts died in 2024 after hours in a hospital corridor before being discharged. > He just clung to me, as we now know, slowly dying ## Corridor Care Explained Corridor care means children treated in hospital corridors due to overcrowded emergency departments. > robs people of their dignity when they are at their most vulnerable ## New Standards and Funding NHS will introduce new children's emergency care standards and £140 million for urgent care improvements. > £140 million will support 14 urgent care improvement schemes across england ## Parent Experience Parents reported Finlay's father described the situation as a 'terrible mess' with family moved between rooms. > He just clung to me, as we now know, slowly dying ## NHS Response Whittingham Health NHS Trust extended condolences and acknowledged exceptional demand sometimes means patients in corridors. > No child should be treated in a corridor. No patient should be treated in a corridor ## What Changes Next NHS leaders will prioritize stopping children in corridors, with new standards and monitoring by age. > Prioritising children: nhs leaders will be asked to speed up plans to stop children being treated in corridors ## Key takeaway NHS must end corridor care for children by prioritizing new standards and £140m funding after Finlay Roberts' death in 2024.