Is consultants working Saturdays the solution to the trolley crisis? 

Some 424 patients in hospitals on Wednesday were finished treatment but could not be discharged due to gaps in supports. 

Almost 600 sick people were admitted to hospitals  on Wednesday but could not get a bed, as Jennifer Carroll MacNeill joined a long line of health ministers in being “quite alarmed” at the overcrowding crisis.

While this winter started well, real delays for patients are now growing.