The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said there are 489 patients on trolleys waiting for admission to a bed today. Its Trolley Watch data found that 390 patients were waiting in an emergency department, with 99 in wards | Read more:
Its Trolley Watch data found that 390 patients were waiting in an emergency department, with 99 in wards elsewhere in the hospital.
This morning's HSE figures showed a significant reduction in hospital overcrowding with 360 patients waiting, including six at the three children's hospitals in Dublin. Overall the figure represents a 23% increase compared to this day last year. "They were in response to clear patient safety concerns we had relating to patients who were presenting to emergency departments who had not yet been assessed following triage, and for those patients who had been assessed and were admitted and were waiting long periods of time on trolleys in - particular older people.
He said rescheduling elective surgery to prioritise emergency care"does involve curtailment of non-urgent care", but that"from a clinical and from a patient safety perspective, our absolute priority is those patients with acute, unscheduled care" who are presenting to emergency departments.
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