Dangerous winter ahead as overcrowding reaches record levels, nurses warn

There were 9,562 patients forced to wait on trolleys for a hospital bed last month, according to the INMO.

Dangerous winter ahead as overcrowding reaches record levels, nurses warn
Mon, 02 Sep, 2019 - 09:07
Digital Desk staff

Nurses are warning of a dangerous winter ahead, after the trolley crisis reached record highs this summer.

There were 9,562 patients forced to wait on trolleys for a hospital bed last month, according to the INMO.

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