More than 170 patients on trolleys every day last year

MORE than 170 patients were left lying on trolleys in Irish A&Es every day last year, figures from the Health Service Executive and the Irish Nurses Organisation confirm.

According to HSE figures, the daily trolley average in 2005 was 176 patients.

However, figures compiled by nurses themselves found that an average of 242 patients were on trolleys in hospitals every day last year.