ED taskforce meets as trolley numbers hit crisis level

ED taskforce meets as trolley numbers hit crisis level

The taskforce meeting was attended by the Department of Health, HSE, trade unions, and patient advocates.

The Emergency Department Taskforce met today for the first time since before the pandemic, as numbers of patients on trolleys hit crisis-level.

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation trolley figures show anywhere between 396 and 464 people waiting for a hospital bed each day this week.

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