January the worst month on record for hospital overcrowding

January was the worst month on record for hospital overcrowding, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said its figures show.

The INMO figures show there were 12,201 people who waited on a bed last month, which they say is an 18% increase on the same month last year. Last January's figures were themselves a record high. Last month's figures were a 128% increase on the numbers recorded in 2007.