Trolley figures up 95% in a decade

There has been a 95% increase in the last decade in the number of patients on trolleys in hospitals around the country, according to the latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

It said there were 91,147 admitted patients on trolleys or overcrowded wards in the first 11 months of this year.

That was 6% more than over the same period in 2016 and 95% more than the 53,142 patients on trolleys in the first 11 months of 2007.