November sees highest number ever recorded on trolleys

Last month was the worst on record for patients languishing on hospital trolleys, it has emerged.

Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show there were 9,306 admitted patients on trolleys last month, 26% greater than last year when there were 7,407.

The level of overcrowding is almost double (99%) that recorded in November 2006, when 4,671 people were left waiting on trolleys.