INMO to consider action as figures confirm January as worst ever month for hospital overcrowding

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch Figures show that 12,201 people waited on trolleys in Emergency Departments or on additional beds placed throughout hospitals during the month of January.

This is an 18% increase over the numbers in January 2017, and is a 128% increase on the numbers recorded in 2007.