Last month was the worst for patients on trolleys since 2022

 University Hospital Limerick. Picture Dan Linehan

University Hospital Limerick. Picture Dan Linehan

More people were on trolleys waiting for a hospital bed last month than any June since 2022 during the pandemic, new figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show.

Munster in particular was impacted with the highest trolley figures in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) while Cork University Hospital had the third highest.

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