MORE than 10,000 people have signed a petition urging the Welsh government to take immediate action to end corridor care.

The petition was launched by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the British Medical Association (BMA) in Wales and has been formally presented to the government. 

Today the BMA’s Welsh consultants committee chair Dr Manish Adke said: “This overwhelming response sends an unequivocal message: the Welsh public, healthcare professionals, and patients are united in their concern about the ongoing crisis of patients being treated in hospital corridors.”

RCN Wales national director Helen Whyley said: “The closure of the corridor care petition marks not the end, but the beginning of renewed efforts to restore dignity, safety, and high-quality care to all patients in Wales.”

The petition calls on the government to record and report all instances of corridor care and pause any further reductions in hospital beds until safe alternatives are in place.