Hospital overcrowding

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  5 days ago

  598 people are on trolleys across Ireland

  There are 598 patients on trolleys across the country this morning.

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  11 days ago

  CUH tops waiting list figures as numbers awaiting hospital beds falls slightly

  There are 565 people waiting for hospital beds around the country today, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

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  12 days ago

  Number of patients on trolleys rises as nurses set to announce strike days

  There has been another rise in the number of patients waiting for hospital beds across the country today.

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  17 days ago

  Update: Trolley numbers fall slightly as Sinn Féin dismiss yesterday's drop

  Sinn Féin has said the trolley crisis in our hospitals will only get worse this year.

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  18 days ago

  108,000 patients went without a hospital bed in 2018

  More than 108,000 patients went without a hospital bed in 2018 - a 9% increase on the previous year.

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  19 days ago

  Fewer patients waiting on trolleys for emergency admission

  Simon Harris met Health Service Executive officials for an update on the winter plan.

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  67 days ago

  91-year-old woman waited 13 hours for a bed before being discharged

  A 91-year-old woman was forced to waiting in an accident and emergency room for 13 hours waiting for a bed before being discharged.

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  72 days ago

  Number waiting to be admitted to hospitals falls below 500

  There are 483 patients are waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.

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  73 days ago

  More than 500 patients awaiting hospital beds

  The Trolley Watch data from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) shows that 525 patients are on trolleys at hospitals across the country this morning.

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  73 days ago

  'I don’t know of any consultant rostered off in early January' - Taoiseach's 'insulting' comments condemned

  The Fianna Fáil leader, Micháel Martin, has accused the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, of a cynical attack on doctors and nurses.

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  80 days ago

  Record 9,055 patients on trolleys in October

  This month was the worst October on record for hospital overcrowding with 9,055 admitted patients forced to wait for a bed on trolleys and chairs.

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  81 days ago

  'It’s not even peak season' - INMO records worst ever October for hospital overcrowding

  2018 has seen the worst October on record for hospital overcrowding, according to eh Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

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  96 days ago

  Almost 550 people waiting for hospital beds today

  There are 542 patients waiting for hospital beds this morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

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  99 days ago

  Fianna Fáil: Outpatient waiting lists at 'crisis levels'

  FiannaFáil says the latest figures for outpatient waiting lists are shocking and completely unacceptable.

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  111 days ago

  INMO: Hospital trolley figures approach 8,000 for September

  Almost 8,000 patients were forced to wait on trolleys and chairs in September, according to new figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisations (INMO).

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  130 days ago

  'If you want to torture people, send them to A&E' - Nurses describe 'hellish' conditions at Limerick hospital

  Hundreds of nurses and midwives gathered at Cork and Limerick University Hospitals this lunchtime for a second day of planned protests.

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  132 days ago

  Nurses and midwives begin series of lunchtime protests over lack of winter plans

  Nurses and midwives based in University Hospital Galway are set to protest this lunchtime, demanding the HSE make plans for the expected winter increase in patients.

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  134 days ago

  INMO: HSE has no plan for extra patients in winter

  The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) claim that the HSE has admitted to having no plan to deal with extra patients this winter.

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  142 days ago

  Nurses to hold HSE talks as hospitals see 'record overcrowding'

  Nurses are to hold talks next week with the HSE and Department of Health to discuss understaffing and overcrowding.

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  172 days ago

  357 patients waiting on trolleys across the country; Limerick worst effected

  357 people are waiting on hospital trolleys across the country today.