Hospital overcrowding

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  12 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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  13 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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  16 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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  23 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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  53 days ago

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

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

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  54 days ago

  Overcrowded emergency departments and staff shortages putting patients at risk - INMO

  There is a warning overcrowded emergency departments and staff shortages are putting patients at risk.

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  60 days ago

  Almost 400 patients on trolleys across the country; CUH worst affected

  Almost 400 patients are on trolleys in hospitals around the country today, according to the INMO.

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  72 days ago

  289 patients waiting on trolleys in hospitals across the country

  There are 289 people waiting on trolleys in the country's hospitals today.

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  74 days ago

  Oireachtas to hear why Ireland gets 'below-average outcomes' for above-average health spend

  Overcrowding and delays in hospital admissions will be back on the agenda later this morning.

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  110 days ago

  Hundreds admitted to hospitals with no available beds last month, figures reveal

  Some 92 children waited on trolleys in Dublin’s three children’s hospitals, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation also said.

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  122 days ago

  Cork University Hospital worst affected as 370 patients wait on hospital trolleys across the country

  370 people are waiting on hospital trolleys across the country this afternoon.

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  145 days ago

  439 patients on trolleys across the country; University Hospital limerick worst affected

  439 people are on trolleys in hospitals across the country today.

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  154 days ago

  Almost 15,000 over 75s endure 24-hour waits in A&E during first three months of this year

  New figures released to Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Older People, Mary Butler, have shown that 14,757 people aged over 75 had to wait over 24 hours in hospital Emergency Departments in the first three months of 2018.

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  165 days ago

  INMO figures show 'equivalent of three hospitals' worth of patients waited for bed in past three days

  Nearly 600 people are waiting for hospital beds today, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's trolley watch.

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  167 days ago

  532 patients on trolleys across the country today

  532 people are on trolleys in hospitals across the country today.

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  168 days ago

  Hospital overcrowding 'costing lives', warns new IMO chief

  Overcrowding in emergency departments of Irish hospitals is costing lives, the new President of the Irish Medical Organisation has said.

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  178 days ago

  Monthly hospital trolley figures 'break all records' for March

  Trolley/Ward watch figures for March broke all records for that month, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) revealed today.

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  178 days ago

  3000 people a year told they have cancer in busy A&E departments - Report

  More than 3000 people a year find out they have cancer in A&E - that is 6 people a day.

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  185 days ago

  Number of people waiting to be admitted to hospitals stays above 500

  Up to 522 people are waiting on trolleys in hospitals across the country today.

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  187 days ago

  Trolley numbers at 500 despite 'huge effort' by HSE staff

  Up to 500 people are waiting on trolleys at hospitals across the country today.