Majority spend over six hours waiting for hospital admission, new survey of patient experiences finds

A small percentage of patients who present at emergency departments (EDs) are waiting at least two days to be admitted to hospital, while seven in 10 are not admitted within the HSE’s target time of six hours.

The negative waiting experience is captured in a national survey, published on the same day that University Hospital Limerick (UHL) recorded 85 patients on trolleys, the highest number ever in a single hospital.