Trolley figures spike in the North West
Both university hospitals in the North West have been ranked within the top 5 worst affected hospitals in the country today. Sligo University Hospital is the 4th worst affected hospital in the country, with Letterkenny coming in 5th when it comes to trolley figures released by Irish Nurses and Midwives…
50 patients waiting on hospital beds across the North West
There are over 50 patients waiting on hospital beds in the north west today. There are currently 36 people waiting on beds in Letterkenny University hospital with 8 of those in the emergency department. There are 36 waiting on beds at Sligo University hospital. 14 of which are in the…
Letterkenny University Hospital issues apology to patients
Letterkenny University Hospital is the fifth worst effected hospital in the country today. According to the INMO, 27 patients are waiting for a bed in the hospital with 7 patients waiting on trolleys in ED and 20 on other wards across the hospital. These figures are down on yesterday’s 39…
The Dermatology Department at Sligo University Hospital at the Ploughing Championships 2019
Experts from The Dermatology Department at Sligo University Hospital are to offer skin care information at the Ploughing Championships that got under way this morning. The HSE is to set up a Health and Wellbeing Marquee today to provide skin cancer information to farmers in particular about the dangers of…
No STI Clinic Available to Sufferers in Leitrim
STI sufferers from Leitrim are forced to travel outside the county for treatment. It’s one of 10 counties where there is no public STI clinic. There are currently 23 HSE-funded STI clinics in the State, based in 16 counties. Patients from Leitrim must travel to their nearest clinic which is…
1,400 waiting on outpatient appointments at SUH
The number of patients waiting on an outpatient appointment at Sligo University Hospital has increased by 1,400 since the start of year. The National Treatment Purchase Fund have today published the waiting list numbers to the end of November. The number of patients on an outpatient waiting list at Sligo…
38 patients waiting on hospital beds in north west
There were 38 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning in the North West, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch figures. The number shows a decreased of 18 on yesterday’s recorded figures for the same region. 25 patients were waiting at Sligo University Hospital today while the figure at…