Gagg, who mainly works as a consultant in Taunton, Somerset, said: “This isn’t a surprise that these problems are occurring but it is a new phenomenon seeing the problems in the summer.
“We have seen year on year that the problem of winter crisis has evolved into a year-long, constant crisis with the added problem of the extreme temperatures we are seeing now.
“We need to have a healthcare system that gives the patients the care they need irrespective of what the current problem of the time of year may be.”
Robin Jones, chief operating officer at RCHT, agreed the system was under continued pressure.
“We are experiencing higher demand than we did last year and that means we are using more of our escalation spaces than we’d like to,” he said.
“Escalation space aren’t always corridor care but at the moment we do have to use corridors as well.
“We have a really strong plan to end corridor care both collectively across our system and here in Truro.
“We are determined to reduce the length of stay for people in our emergency department and stopping corridor care for good.”
The Department of Health and Social Care said its plan would help “tackle the underlying causes of pressure on the A&E departments including reform of the social care system.”
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