Cork University Hospital had record 54 out of 520 patients on trolleys

There were 520 patients on trolleys awaiting a bed yesterday, with Cork University Hospital recording the highest number in the country at 54.

The Trolley and Ward Watch from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation shows that six acute hospitals had 30 or more admitted patients on trolleys.

Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, had 32 patients on trolleys in the emergency department or on wards awaiting a bed.