INMO says HSE's new trolley target measures will not be effective 

INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said for every patient who is on a trolley for longer than six hours, their outcome is significantly negatively affected.

The general secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), Phil Ní Sheaghdha has said measures being introduced by the HSE to tackle high trolley numbers will not be effective.

The new emergency department targets, set out in the HSE's Urgent and Emergency Care Operational Plan, are that the average monthly trolley count in hospitals will not exceed 320 patients waiting for admission at 8am each morning and that no patient aged over 75 will wait more than 24 hours in an emergency department.