Slight increase in north west trolley figures
The latest INMO trolley watch figures are reporting that there are 44 people waiting on hospital beds in the two main hospitals in the north west today. The figures is a slight increase on yesterdays total. The figures say there are 37 people waiting at Sligo University Hospital with…
INMO warn that lack of funding for local NOWDOC services is putting people at risk
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is calling on the HSE to properly fund the NOWDOC service to ensure its safe for patients and staff. The call has been made on behalf of nurses working for the service in Leitrim and Donegal. Despite the public being directed to…
INMO claims overcrowding issues is impacting every hospital in the country
No hospital is unaffected by overcrowding today with patients on trolleys or chairs in emergency departments or elsewhere in every hospital in the country, that’s according to the INMO. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation say there are 838 patients are on a trolley in Irish hospitals today. …
Sligo & Letterkenny on list of most overcrowded hospitals for December
Both Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals feature in a list of most overcrowded hospitals for the month of December. 685 patients went without a bed at Sligo University Hospital this month, in Letterkenny the figure is 834. Sligo University Hospital has also been ranked as one of the…
84 people awaiting admission at North West hospitals
84 people were awaiting admission at the two main North West hospitals this morning. 34 were waiting at Sligo University Hospital while a further 50 were waiting at Letterkenny. Nationally, the number waiting is 631. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have today called on the HSE…
Sligo University Hospital the third most overcrowded facility in the country
There were 83 people waiting on hospital beds at the North West’s two main hospitals this morning. Sligo University Hospital was the third most overcrowded hospital in the country with 48 people waiting on beds. That’s according to the latest trolley watch figures from the INMO. The figures claim that…
59 people waiting on Hospital Beds in the North West
There are 59 people currently waiting for hospital beds at the North West’s two main hospitals today. Throughout the country there are 542 admitted patients waiting for beds that’s according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 451 patients are waiting in the emergency department’s throughout the country while 91…