The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO ) Trolley Watch has released their trolley figures as part of an ongoing daily campaign to review patient and staff care within Ireland's hospitals.
Across the country, 681 admitted patients are currently waiting on beds, with 468 patients waiting within the emergency departments, and 213 are in wards elsewhere in the hospitals. Two of these patients are under 16 years of age.
In the University Hospital Galway, 34 patients are on trolleys in the emergency department, while 20 are elsewhere in the wards, totalling 54 patients on trolleys within the hospital grounds.
In Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, there were seven patients on trolleys are in the emergency department, while 19 are elsewhere in the wards, totalling 26 patients on trolleys within the hospital grounds.
The INMO is determined to make safe staffing happen in Irish healthcare. They campaign for the full implementation of the Framework for Safe Staffing and Skills Mix in Nursing, and the National Maternity Strategy, in order to ensure the best possible care in their facilities and the best possible working conditions for their members.
