A Plaid Cymru MS has called the Labour Government to account over the growing problem of corridor care in Welsh hospitals.

Peredur Owen Griffiths put the Labour Health Minister on the spot after meeting with representatives from RCN Cymru and BMA Cymru. Both bodies have teamed up to launch a petition to try and get the Labour Government in Wales to sort the matter out.

In a plenary session, Peredur said: “No patient should be waiting for days in chairs, but when you hear that the elderly and frail patients are being forced to do this, then it's heartbreaking and completely unacceptable.

“Helen Whyley, the executive director of RCN Wales, said 'We are beyond breaking point'.

“Stephen Kelly, chair of the BMA’s Welsh consultants committee, spoke of his concern that corridor care is being normalised.

“Both bodies have now set up a petition to get something done about corridor care after trying various measures in the past to apply pressure on the Government.”

He added: “Cabinet Secretary, do you acknowledge the concerns of thousands of doctors and nurses in our NHS regarding corridor care? And secondly, when will we see a return on the millions of pounds that you are ploughing into tackling this situation but with seemingly no end in sight?”

In response, Jeremy Miles – the Cabinet Secretary for Health – said that he shared Peredur’s concerns but there has been “some improvements in the pressures on the emergency department in some of the hospitals in Aneurin Bevan.”

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