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Wednesday 4 October 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Trolleywatch

This year
2023
# TUH
Tallaght Hospital advises people with 'non-urgent' needs to avoid its emergency department
Tallaght University Hospital said its ED is ‘extremely busy’ and is currently experiencing ‘high levels of attendance’.
12.7k
9
Updated
Feb 13th 2023, 1:54 PM
Last year
2022
# Overcrowding
INMO warns of 'real problem along western seaboard' with record-breaking overcrowding
There was record-breaking overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick in April.
18.3k
19
Apr 30th 2022, 6:11 PM
All time
# Trolley crisis
October trolley watch stats show 'almost' double numbers this year than same period in 2020
INMO figures show that there are five times as many children on trolleys compared to October 2020.
17.2k
26
Oct 31st 2021, 4:34 PM
# Trolleywatch
'It's totally unacceptable': Over 650 children left on hospital trolleys so far this year
Over 1,000 children are expected to wait for a bed this year.
8.4k
45
Aug 20th 2017, 1:00 PM
# Trolleywatch
'Groundhog Day' as month begins with 600 people on hospital trolleys
The figure of 601 is just short of the high of 612 patients on trolleys at the beginning of January.
7.8k
29
Feb 2nd 2017, 7:29 AM
# Trolleywatch
Leo Varadkar 'will return tomorrow' as Adams accuses him of being AWOL
The Department of Health says that Varadkar has been kept abreast of the situation.
39.6k
224
Jan 6th 2015, 9:55 PM
# Trolleywatch
264 people are spending New Year's Eve on hospital trolleys
The INMO says it’s like “Groundhog Day”.
5.3k
24
Dec 31st 2014, 1:45 PM
# Trolleywatch
"Deplorable overcrowding": Dozens on trolleys in Limerick hospital
The INMO said today that the Major Emergency Plan should have been implemented at the hospital today, with 47 people on trolleys in the Emergency Department this morning.
9.1k
20
Sep 29th 2014, 7:25 PM
# Overcrowded
Number of patients admitted on trolleys up 187% in some hospitals
Five hospitals increased by between 75% to 187% in comparison to the same period last year.
5.9k
12
Aug 8th 2014, 8:15 AM
# Trolleywatch
HSE approves recruitment of new nurses over Tullamore hospital crisis
The INMO has called on the HSE to act immediately.
13.7k
25
Feb 13th 2014, 6:49 PM
# Trolleys
Reilly 'acknowledges discomfort and distress' of patients on trolleys
Reilly was challenged by Fianna Fáil TD Billy Kelleher in the Dáil today after it emerged almost 400 people were on trolleys across the country in one day this week.
5.4k
50
Jan 22nd 2014, 2:14 PM
# Overcrowding
374: Number of patients on hospital trolleys at highest in months
There are 374 patients on trolleys in Ireland today – the highest figure since April last year.
7.0k
32
Jan 8th 2014, 8:53 PM
# Trolleywatch
6,624 people on hospital trolleys last month
The number of people on trolleys rose 106 per cent between August 2007 and 2011.
204
5
Sep 5th 2011, 12:45 PM