Chris Lynes: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Deputy Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking, A&E & ambulance response
- Press citations held
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“We would like to extend our sincere condolences to Mr Roberts' family at this very difficult time. Due to patient confidentiality we are unable to comment on the specific details of an individual patient's care. However, we take concerns of this nature very seriously and will ensure the issues raised are fully investigated.”
What Chris Lynes has said
“Despite best efforts, there is often no appropriate space within or close to Emergency Departments that could safely be used as a separate waiting area while still allowing staff to closely monitor patients who may become unwell.”
Deputy Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board · A&E & ambulance response · 30 Sept 2026 · Calls for designated waiting areas for cancer patients in A&E department | ITV News ↗
“We fully recognise the concerns raised about immuno-compromised patients spending time within emergency departments, and this is something our cancer and emergency care teams are actively working together to address.”
Deputy executive director of nursing and midwifery at Betsi Cadwaladr health board · A&E & ambulance response · 30 Sept 2026 · Terminal cancer patient has to sit in A&E when awaiting treatment ↗
Where Chris Lynes has been quoted
- Man found dead by daughter hours after hospital dischargewalesonline.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Calls for designated waiting areas for cancer patients in A&E department | ITV Newsitv.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Terminal cancer patient has to sit in A&E when awaiting treatmentbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
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