293 people were waiting for a bed in Sligo University Hospital during October
Sligo University Hospital had the 4th highest number of people waiting for a bed nationally for the month of October. That’s according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch that showed 293 people were waiting on trolleys or in the emergency department. 188 patients were waiting…
Latest INMO figures confirm 17 people waiting on Hospital Beds
There are 17 patients waiting on Hospital beds in the North West. 15 of the patients are in Sligo University Hospital, 9 of whom are in the emergency Department and 6 elsewhere in the Hospital. There are 2 people waiting on beds in Letterkenny, both in the Emergency…
New plans for childcare are not doing enough for health workers
A leading North West based INMO official has claimed that the reported new plans for childcare for frontline health workers will do nothing for the vast majority of nurses and midwives. The INMO’s Martina Harkin Kelly has strongly criticised the scheme, on the basis that many workers do not…
North West GPs left with little option on admitting patients
The President of the INMO has criticised recent figures which were published in relation to the amount of time admitted patients spend in Hospitals. The recently published figures claim that 30 percent of patients admitted to hospital are discharged within 24 hours or under. Some senior doctors are…
Sligo University Hospital imposes visitor restrictions
Sligo University Hospital has issued a visitor restriction notice from today due to a stomach bug that exists in the hospital. Since this morning, the hospital is restricting access to all visitors at the facility. It’s due to the number of cases of diarrhoea and vomiting that are in the…
Over 25 people on trolleys in the NW
27 people from across the North West are waiting on trolleys for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals. Sligo University Hospital has 15 people without beds today with 9 patients in the emergency department and 6 on others ward. Letterkenny University Hospital has 12 patients without beds…
Trolley figures up a third on yesterday’s figure in the NW
30 people from across the North West are waiting on trolleys for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals. Sligo University Hospital has 21 people without beds today with 14 patients in the emergency department and 7 on others ward. Letterkenny University Hospital has 9 patients without beds…