Mixed news for trolley numbers in North West hospitals
The number of patients waiting on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital has more than halved in the past 24 hours according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. 16 people are waiting for admission to the hospital today, there was 34 on trolleys there on Monday. 4 of those on…
LUH one of the most overcrowded hospitals in Ireland today
Hospitals outside of Dublin are the worst hit in terms of overcrowding levels today. Letterkenny’s figures have spiked again with 34 people on trolleys today making it one of the three worst-affected hospitals along with Cork and Limerick. Galway University Hospital has 23 people on trolleys today and the figures…
Full Capacity Protocol at LUH has lead to cancellation of one third of surgeries
A consultant surgeon at Letterkenny University Hospital has said the continued trolley crisis is leading to more and more surgeries being cancelled at the hospital. Peter O’Rourke says every time the full capacity protocol is implemented at the hospital all non-life threatening surgeries are immediately cancelled. In 2016 alone the…
Full Capacity Protocol in place once again at LUH
The Full Capacity Protocol is in place again at Letterkenny University Hospital today. The Saolta Hospital Group is apologising to families as they continue to deal with extremely busy conditions at the hospital’s emergency department today where there are 21 people on trolleys. In a statement today, the group is…
Forty-six people on trolleys in Sligo and Letterkenny
The number of patients on hospital trolleys in the North West remains high again today. There are a total of 46 people waiting for a bed; that’s only two fewer than yesterday. The number in Sligo University Hospital has gone down from 30 yesterday to 25 today. In Letterkenny University…
48 on hospital trolleys in North West today
There are 30 patients on trolleys today in Sligo and another 18 in Letterkenny. The figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that numbers on trolleys have spiked again today with almost 600 people on trolleys again. University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 46 people in…
Trolley numbers continue to decline
The numbers on trolleys in the North West today are down. There are just ten people on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital, the lowest number in weeks. There are 14 people on trolleys at Sligo University Hospital. Nationally the figures are coming down with 460 on trolleys today compared to…