SA nurses 'appalled' by hospital bed cuts

Nurses from two Adelaide hospitals are "appalled" by a decision to cut beds at the facilities, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation says.

The ANMF's SA branch says nurses from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital will meet next week to consider industrial action over the bed closures.

It says nurses believe the decision "flies in the face of patient demand" as some patients at both sites had recently been given care in corridors and treatment rooms because of a bed shortage.