Hospital wards are all full, and as a result, National Health Service patients are being diagnosed in storerooms, TV rooms, and corridors and mop cupboards, according to a survey.

The survey revealed that the risk of infectious diseases increases with the use of kitchens and storage areas due to shortage of beds in hospitals.

A survey among 900 nurses was conducted, out of which one third of the nurses revealed that patients were treated in areas which are not meant for medical care. Eight out of ten nurses pointed out that patients have been put at risk.

Four out of five nurses revealed that they had talked about the difficulty they face in treating the patients with senior staff and some stated that the medical practice had been closed.

"Labor’s failure to put patient care above its obsession with targets has meant that nurses are being forced to treat people in completely inappropriate places”, said Liberal Democrat Health Spokesman Norman Lamb.