Neil Gray has been accused of refusing to publish "shameful" data on patients being treated in hospital corridors.

The Scottish Government does not record or publish statistics on 'corridor care' despite calls from senior medics.

National monitoring has been announced in hospitals in England and Northern Ireland, with SNP ministers warned Scotland must follow suit to understand the full scale of the problem.

A survey by the Royal College of Nursing in Scotland found around 19% of staff had to provide care to patients in inappropriate settings on a daily basis.

Scottish Tory health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane asked the Health Secretary to confirm whether he would make it a requirement for corridor care data to be regularly collected and published.

Mr Gray did not directly men

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