Hospitals warn of 'unacceptable' pressures after 113 patients left on trolleys for over 24 hours

HSE figures show emergency departments saw 8.1% more patients in 2024 than during 2023, coming to 1.56m attendances. File Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Nurses and paramedics have issued warnings about the “unacceptable” post-Christmas pressures hospitals are facing as it emerged there were 113 hospitals patients on trolleys for longer than 24 hours by Monday. 

New figures also show that across 2024, 17,608 people aged over 75 spent longer than a full day in hospital emergency departments (ED).