Overcrowding in emergency departments is a growing concern in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The head of Northern Ireland’s largest nursing trade union says the situation is worse in Northern Ireland, citing longer trolley waits and a lack of available beds.
The head of Northern Ireland ’s largest nursing trade union has backed calls by her counterpart in the Republic for an “emergency national plan” to tackle overcrowding in hospital emergency departments (ED). Rita Devlin, director of the Royal College of Nursing (NI), said she believes Northern Ireland EDs are faring “slightly worse” than those in the Republic following a rise in trolley waits.“These letters are from an entire department.
It’s not like it’s one or two, it’s the whole lot,” said Ms Devlin. On Monday, figures compiled by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) showed that 761 patients were on trolleys in the Republic’s hospitals. “I do think we’re slightly worse because they’re bigger than us,” said Ms Devlin. “If you look at a breakdown of that total, the trolley waits for emergency departments was 528. There was one day last week when we had 428 and we’ve only got six counties. “The Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast is the probably the worst because it has the biggest catchment.” Two elderly patients waited five days to be admitted to a bed in the RVH by Monday afternoon, according to the BBC, while there were 400 patients facing delays of more than 12 hours in the North’s hospital
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