Highest number of patients on trolleys since start of the pandemic

506 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.

There are 506 admitted patients waiting for beds in hospitals across the country this morning, which is the highest number of patients on trolleys in one day since the start of the pandemic.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), 393 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 113 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.