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01/09/2015
40% Rise On Number Of Patients Left On Hospital Trolleys
There has been a 40% increase in the number of patients left on trolleys compared to August 2014, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).
The INMO has repeated its call for an immediate meeting of the High Level Implementation Group to agree further measures to alleviate the crisis.
The INMO Executive Council will meet next Tuesday, 08 September, to consider the situation and prepare a response, on behalf of its members in the frontline.
INMO General Secretary Liam Doran said: "This is the fourteenth month in a row when, year on year, the level of overcrowding has deepened with patient care compromised, on a daily basis, as a result.
"We are now beginning the early autumn/winter period, which will only see, in the absence of emergency measures, the overcrowding situation worsen still further as demand continues to grow against the background of staff and bed shortages."
(CD/LM)
The INMO has repeated its call for an immediate meeting of the High Level Implementation Group to agree further measures to alleviate the crisis.
The INMO Executive Council will meet next Tuesday, 08 September, to consider the situation and prepare a response, on behalf of its members in the frontline.
INMO General Secretary Liam Doran said: "This is the fourteenth month in a row when, year on year, the level of overcrowding has deepened with patient care compromised, on a daily basis, as a result.
"We are now beginning the early autumn/winter period, which will only see, in the absence of emergency measures, the overcrowding situation worsen still further as demand continues to grow against the background of staff and bed shortages."
(CD/LM)
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