Nurses say trolley crisis is not abating

The hospital overcrowding crisis is showing little sign of abating with nurses claiming over 500 people did not have a bed yesterday and the HSE stating in future more people needed to be vaccinated against the flu.

The latest trolley watch figure issued by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said 355 people were on trolleys and another 154 in wards, resulting in an overall figure of 509.

Cork University, at 41, had the highest figure of any hospital in the country yesterday, according to the INMO figures, including 25 people on trolleys.