THE IRISH NURSES and Midwives Organisation has called on the HSE to take “immediate corrective measures” to deal with hospital overcrowding after the INMO revealed that 11,856 people were without hospital beds this month.
“Nurses are working in a system that has normalised over 500 people a day on trolleys. They have had little to no reprieve from overcrowding. Our members are reporting high levels of burnout and their intention to leave their current work area is higher than it has ever been.” Sligo University Hospital had the 4th highest number of patients on trolleys with 751, followed by Tallaght University Hospital with 704 patients.These five most overcrowded hospitals make up almost half of the total number of patients left without beds.