# Hospital overcrowding
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Last month
March 2024
Overcrowding
'One person on a trolley is too much' says HSE CEO as 638 patients currently waiting for a bed
20 Mar
7.5k
20
THE MORNING LEAD
'I tried discharging myself twice': Patients describe treatment at University Hospital Limerick
Readers reported a lack of privacy as they waited for hours on trolleys, while others said they now avoid the hospital completely.
15 Mar
31.8k
40
Last year
2023
Overcrowding
HSE dispute INMO Trolly Watch figures, saying 2023 is not a record year
Updated
19 Dec 2023
10.1k
88
HSE's Winter Plan
HSE CEO 'doesn't accept' he was too late in approach to private hospitals on winter beds
27 Sep 2023
9.1k
14
THE MORNING LEAD
Start talks with private hospitals now to avoid disastrous winter, INMO chief to tell Minister
18 Sep 2023
14.6k
36
Sligo woman spent over 24 hrs on trolley in hospital hallway after life-threatening asthma attack
17 Sep 2023
30.3k
11
Hospital overcrowding
Donnelly: Emergency Department Taskforce will meet next Monday
11 Sep 2023
7.6k
20
Trolley Watch
Worst August for hospital overcrowding since 2004, sparking fears for winter ahead
31 Aug 2023
9.5k
32
Overcrowding
'Winter trolley numbers in May': INMO slam hospital wait times as almost 12,000 without beds
31 May 2023
5.1k
23
Industrial Action
Limerick Hospital ICU nurses call for two beds to close until more staff are recruited
12 May 2023
5.1k
10
INMO
'I was punched in the face': ED nurse on why there's no appetite for strike but it may be 'only way'
Updated
4 May 2023
20.6k
20
staffing crisis
More than seven in ten Irish nurses have considered quitting their jobs - INMO survey
3 May 2023
7.6k
18
Hospital overcrowding
Consultants say staffing plan is needed for €1 billion hospital bed-building initiative to work
6 Apr 2023
8.3k
7
Hospital overcrowding
Tánaiste says governance and management issues within overall HSE need evaluation
Updated
11 Jan 2023
11.4k
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Hospitals
HSE clinical chief says asking hospital staff to work across weekends 'not sustainable'
Updated
9 Jan 2023
19.2k
35
winter surge
Immunologist says stronger advice on mask-wearing needed amid surge in respiratory viruses
7 Jan 2023
33.8k
63
Overcrowding
Minister says patients that could be treated in minor injury units are turning up in A&E Depts
Updated
6 Jan 2023
23.5k
57
All time
Overcrowding
Number of patients on hospital trolleys hits highest level since pandemic began
13 Dec 2021
33.5k
61
University Hospital Limerick
'Something has to give': INMO asks Health Minister to intervene at overcrowded Limerick hospital
28 Jul 2021
15.9k
18
Trolleys
Over 53,000 patients went without beds in Irish hospitals in 2020, INMO says
31 Dec 2020
10.8k
36
Voices
Dr Anthony O'Connor: History matters, but the record numbers on trolleys should trump commemoration debates
Dr Anthony O'Connor
8 Jan 2020
18.4k
32
Trolley crisis
Harris summoned before emergency Health Committee meeting as 621 people wait on trolleys
Updated
8 Jan 2020
13.3k
44
Hospital overcrowding
'A national scandal': 2019 was the worst year on record for hospital overcrowding as 118,000 went without a bed
2 Jan 2020
11.6k
33
INMO
Worst November on record for hospital overcrowding as 9,679 wait on trolleys
2 Dec 2018
11.4k
101
Voices
Hospital consultant: 'I'd like to dispel a few myths for people about overcrowding'
Dr Anthony O'Connor
5 Jan 2018
274k
198