by Louise Doyle CONCERNS for staffing levels and winter pressures in hospitals has been raised, amid latest trolley watch figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). Figures for October showed there were 279 admitted patients awaiting beds at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH). Advertisement The figure is 20 per cent down on last year’s total of 349, 55 […]
Almost 600 patients on trolleys in LUH in April
by Louise Doyle LETTERKENNY University Hospital had almost 600 patients on trolleys in April. Figures by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show more than 11,070 patients, including 258 children, were admitted to hospital without a bed in April. Advertisement LUH was the fifth overcrowded hospital, with 594 patients on trolleys last month. University Hospital […]
Almost 40 patients waiting on beds at Letterkenny University Hospital
THERE are almost 40 patients waiting on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) this morning. It comes as hospitals across the country are braced for the peak of RSV, Covid-19 and influenza infections this week and next. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) trolley watch figures, 39 people are waiting on a […]
Almost 50 patients on trolleys at LUH including two children
There are almost 50 patients waiting on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning including two children under the age of 16. There are 14 patients on trolleys in the emergency department and 33 patients without beds elsewhere in the hospital. It is the second day in a row when trolley figures at the hospital […]
‘Unsafe’ trolley figures ahead of winter, says INMO
ALMOST 90 patients were on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital so far this month. Trolley watch figures from Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) reveal 86 patients were on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital from November 1 to November 10. Figures did not include the weekend. INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghda said the situation is “unsafe” going into […]