Trolley figures still high at Letterkenny University Hospital
Letterkenny University Hospital is once again today among the hospitals with the highest number of patients waiting on hospital beds. There are currently 57 patients waiting on a bed in Letterkenny University Hospital this morning with 15 of the patients in the emergency department. University Hospital Limerick with…
Letterkenny University Hospital has the highest number of people waiting on beds
Letterkenny University Hospital is among those in the country that had record overcrowding during October. The monthly trolleywatch figures compiled by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show the number of patients on trolleys throughout the country almost doubled last month compared to the same time in 2020. …
64 people waiting on hospital beds in North West
Letterkenny University Hospital has the third-highest number of patients in the country waiting on hospital beds this morning. There are currently 46 people waiting at the Donegal hospital for a bed with 9 in the emergency department with 37 on other wards. 18 people are waiting on a…
Over 11,500 people waiting 18 months or more for outpatient appointment
Over 11,500 people are waiting 18 months or more for an outpatient appointment in the north west’s two main hospitals. According to figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund, a total of 37,225 people are on the outpatient waiting list in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals. As of the end…
32 waiting on Hospital Beds in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals
Thirty-two patients in the north west’s two main hospitals are waiting for beds today. Twenty of them are in Sligo University Hospital, where 13 are in the emergency department. There are 12 patients waiting in Letterkenny University Hospital, with three in the emergency department. Meanwhile, there were…
52 people waiting on hospital beds in the North West
There are over 50 people waiting for beds this morning in the North West , according to today’s INMO Trolley watch figures. There are 27 people waiting at Letterkenny University Hospital and 25 at Sligo University Hospital. The national figure stands at 305. There are 10 people…
Time to acknowledge the efforts of frontline staff
A Sligo Councillor says it’s unacceptable that health workers are still looking for recognition for the trojan work they have carried out during the pandemic. Trade Unions representing Health Care workers have called again on the Taoiseach to intervene. The unions have urged him to authorise the HSE…