'Lack of communication' over out-of-hours care

A review of care for acutely sick patients in Wales will be launched in the New Year, BBC Wales has learned.

It comes after the public service ombudsman for Wales raised concerns over a series of complaints about failings in weekend care at Welsh hospitals.

Nick Bennett said there was a lack of communication.

The Welsh Government said a peer review programme would look at the issue.

The announcement came on Thursday, after the publication of a highly critical ombudsman's investigation into the care of a 93-year-old man who died three days after being admitted to Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital in December 2014.