Petrol hoarding hits nurses in Wales

 The Royal College of Nursing has warned that the inability to get fuel could affect NHS care in Wales.

Some nurses had faced aggression when trying to identify themselves as key workers at stations, said Diane Powles, of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). She called for key workers to be given priority over fuel, and urged people to act responsibly.

This is yet another argument against the closure of local hospitals and concentrating medical care on fewer and fewer large centres. Nurses and ancillary staff should not have to make the long journeys to work in facilities not easily accessible by public transport.