Trolley crisis is a health risk - 100,000 without beds in 2018

LYING for hours on a trolley in a hospital corridor, while waiting for admission, is not just a matter of inconvenience. International studies show that patients forced to endure such privations have poorer outcomes to their health.

That makes the trolley figures for 2018 all the more worrying. More than 100,000 patients went without hospital beds in 2018 — a record high, according to new analysis, released by the INMO.