Siptu wants Hiqa to probe emergency department overcrowding

Siptu has demanded an investigation into the impact the emergency department overcrowding crisis is having on the safety of patients and staff.

The union said over-crowding is unsafe for both patients and workers and is having a “devastating” knock-on effect throughout the health service.

It called on the Government to instruct the Health, Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) to launch a probe.