438 patients on trolleys as 44% wait over 9 hours

Almost 44% of admitted patients on trolleys yesterday were waiting more than nine hours for a hospital bed, it has emerged.

There were 438 patients on trolleys in acute hospitals across the country and 193 were waiting over nine hours, according to the Health Service Executive’s ‘TrolleyGar’ figures.

The number of patients on trolleys recorded by the HSE yesterday at 8am represents a 13% increase on trolley waits on the same day last year.