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HSE figures show an increase of 109% of patients waiting for admission to a bed on the same day last year

Emergency consultants dispute HSE flu surge claim

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has rejected the Health Service Executive assertion that 50% of those on trolleys awaiting admission to a hospital bed have influenza.

Health • 30 Dec 19

The INMO said the trolley figures at UHL were the highest on record

INMO says 81 patients on trolleys at Limerick hospital

The INMO has said there are 81 patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick waiting admission to a hospital bed, the highest daily figure recorded in an Irish hospital.

Health • 03 Apr 19

University Hospital Limerick is the worst affect with 76 patients on trolleys

577 patients on trolleys waiting for bed - INMO

There are 557 patients on trolleys in hospital emergency departments or on wards waiting on admission to a hospital bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 19 Mar 19

It is the highest number of patients on trolleys since March 2018, the INMO said

INMO trolley figures pass 600 for first time in 2019

There are more than 600 patients waiting for admission to a hospital bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 14 Jan 19

Cork University Hospital had 61 patients on trolleys this morning

583 patients on trolleys waiting for hospital bed

There were 583 patients on trolleys in emergency departments or wards waiting for admission to a hospital bed this morning, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 08 Jan 19

INMO says overcrowding is a year-long problem and not just a winter one

INMO: Hospital overcrowding in November worst on record

Hospital overcrowding last month was the worst on record, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 02 Dec 18

Dr Mike O'Connor said it was wrong to suggest that staff took extended leave over Christmas period

Senior doctor says hospitals face pressures all year

The Clinical Medical Director at Cork University Hospital has said it is inconceivable to think that healthcare staff would be granted extended leave over the Christmas period.

Health • 08 Nov 18

The HSE has cancelled all non-urgent surgeries planned for tomorrow, Tuesday 6 March.

'Challenging' week ahead for health services - Harris

Minister for Health Simon Harris has said that this will be a very challenging and difficult week for the health services following last week's snow storm.

Health • 05 Mar 18

There were 59 patients on trolleys at Cork University Hospital

INMO says 643 on trolleys waiting for hospital bed

There were 643 patients on trolleys, or on wards - including 15 at three children's hospitals - waiting for admission to a hospital bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 19 Feb 18

INMO said 58 patients are on trolleys at CUH

INMO says 623 people waiting for hospital beds

There were 623 patients on trolleys, or on wards - including 14 children - waiting on admission to a hospital bed, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 14 Feb 18

INMO says 55 patients are on trolleys at UHG

INMO says 644 on trolleys waiting for hospital bed

There are 644 patients on trolleys in emergency departments, or on wards, waiting admission to a hospital bed, including 14 at two children's hospitals, according to figures from the INMO.

Health • 30 Jan 18

Yesterday figures showed 668 people were on trolleys or wards waiting for admission to a bed

January trolley figures extraordinarily high - INMO

The General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said that the figures for the numbers of people waiting on trolleys in hospitals this month have been extraordinarily high.

Health • 24 Jan 18

INMO says 53 people are on trolley at CUH

53 waiting for bed at Cork University Hospital

There are 558 patients on trolleys, or on wards, waiting admission to a hospital bed, according to the latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Health • 17 Jan 18

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Leaders Questions in the Dáil

Taoiseach 'shocked' by hospital overcrowding

The Taoiseach has said he is "shocked" by the overcrowding in hospitals and the length of time it was taking to address the current situation.

Politics • 16 Jan 18

Ten people waiting more than 40 hours for admission to UHG

Elderly woman on trolley at UHG for 70 hours

An 80-year-old woman has been on a trolley for more than 70 hours in the emergency department at University Hospital Galway.

Health • 11 Jan 18

John Corbett has double pneumonia and is currently in a ward in the hospital (Picture courtesy of Corbett family)

94-year-old man spent more than ten hours on trolley

The daughter of a 94-year-old man, who spent more than ten hours on a trolley in the Galway University Hospital emergency department has said she has been shocked and horrified at the conditions there.

Trolleys • 10 Jan 18

RTÉ News went undercover to film in three hospitals to find out what conditions were like

Task force looks to private hospitals to ease crisis

The Emergency Department Task Force has agreed that more beds in private hospitals would be used to help ease the overcrowding crisis.

Health • 08 Jan 18

The INMO has called for an urgent meeting of the Emergency Department Task Force

Harris to discuss overcrowding with hospital chiefs

Minister for Health Simon Harris is to discuss the overcrowding crisis by phone conference call with each of the Hospital Group chief executives tomorrow.

News • 03 Jan 18

Minister for Health Simon Harris said 60,000 more flu vaccines have been administered

Harris says fewer patients on trolleys compared to 2016

Minister for Health Simon Harris has said there are more than 900 fewer patients on hospital trolleys so far this month, compared to the same period last November.

Health • 14 Nov 17

Tallaght Hospital is among the worst affected this morning

INMO says 601 patients awaiting hospital admission

There are 601 patients on trolleys or on wards today, waiting for admission to a hospital bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the third highest figure so far this year.

Health • 01 Feb 17

The INMO has given the HSE until Tuesday 17 January to present appropriate proposals to address the staffing crisis

INMO meets with Dept and HSE about planned action

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is meeting with the HSE and the Department of Health in a bid to avert the threat of nationwide industrial action by nurses over under-staffing, recruitment and retention difficulties.

News • 12 Jan 17

University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital are the worst affected

506 patients on trolleys in hospitals

There are 506 patients on trolleys in emergency departments or on wards today waiting for admission to a bed, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

News • 10 Jan 17

Simon Harris has denied claims the situation is 'entirely predictable'

Minister says hospitals facing 'challenging time'

The Minister for Health has said the country's hospitals are facing a "challenging time" as figures showed there were 612 patients on trolleys this morning.

trolleys • 03 Jan 17

The highest trolley figures are in South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel, where 27 patients are waiting

Over 300 patients on trolleys, says INMO

There were 315 patients waiting on trolleys or in wards for admission at hospitals across the country this morning, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

News • 29 Dec 16

24,000 fewer medical cards will be issued next year but will be offset by 50,000 more GP visit cards

24,000 fewer medical cards under HSE's 2017 plan

The HSE National Service Plan for 2017 has projected that there will be 24,000 fewer medical cards next year but this will be offset by 50,000 more GP visit cards.

News • 14 Dec 16