Number of hospital patients without bed at highest level since pandemic began

Nationally, just six hospitals recorded no patients without a bed this morning. File picture: iStock

The number of patients waiting on trolleys in Irish hospitals has reached its highest total since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

New figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show there are 534 patients without beds in hospitals across the country this morning, 19 higher than the 515 reported in early November.