Concern mounting over recent trolley figures in the North West.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for urgent action on ‘out of control trolley figures’ as 87 patients are waiting on a hospital bed at Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospital’s this morning. Nationally there are 603 patients are without a bed in Irish hospitals today. …
Latest trolleys watch figures show 77 people waiting on beds in the North West
There are 77 people waiting on hospital beds at the North West’s two main hospitals this morning. 39 people are waiting at Sligo University hospital and 38 and Letterkenny University Hospital according to the latest INMO Trolley watch figures. Sligo’s figure is the third highest in the Country…
Letterkenny University Hospital second most overcrowded nationally
Letterkenny University Hospital is again the second most overcrowded hospital in the country today. There are 51 patients waiting for beds, made up of 15 in the emergency department and 36 in wards and elsewhere. The most overcrowded hospital is University Hospital Limerick, which has 54 people waiting for beds.…
Record overcrowding at local hospitals during January
Sligo and Letterkenny university hospitals were among the most overcrowded in the country for the first month of 2022. According to an Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation analysis, 817 patients waited for a bed in Letterkenny and 526 waited in Sligo. It was the worst monthly overcrowding figures for both…
Reduction in those waiting for hospital admission in the region
There has been a reduction in the number of people waiting for admission to the north west’s two main hospitals today. 46 people are waiting on trolleys or chairs in Letterkenny University Hospital, 11 fewer than yesterday and 20 people are waiting in Sligo University Hospital, 10 fewer than Thursday.…
87 waiting for a bed and 29 Covid-19 patients in the north west
There are 87 people waiting for admission to the north west’s two main hospitals today and 29 people are receiving treatment for Covid-19. 57 are waiting on trolleys or chairs in Letterkenny University Hospital making it the second most overcrowded once again. A further 30 people are waiting in Sligo…
326 people waiting for hospital bed in the north west this week
15% of all patients waiting for a hospital bed in the country this week have been based in the north west. 326 people have been on trolleys in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals since Monday which includes 74 across both hospitals today. 2,150 patients have been on trolleys nationally since…