Doctors at Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have backed boarding . Involves putting patients on trolleys outside wards while waiting for bed . Critics question safety amid fears that it could legitimise overflowing wards . A & Es were full 11,203 times in England from mid-December to mid-January .
Doctors at Royal College of Emergency Medicine have backed boarding . Involves putting patients on trolleys outside wards while waiting for bed . Critics question safety amid fears that it could legitimise overflowing wards . A & Es were full 11,203 times in England from mid-December to mid-January .