ED attendances up 20% on 2019, says hospital group chief says

Yesterday, the head of the HSE called on people to “hit the reset button”.

The chief executive of the Saolta hospital group Tony Canavan has said that attendances at emergency departments in some hospitals are 20% higher than they were in 2019.

It comes as the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) highlighted that 416 patients are waiting for beds in hospitals around the country today.