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12,274 patients were treated in inappropriate locations in Irish hospitals in September, according to the INMO, making this the worst September on record for hospital overcrowding.
The most overcrowded hospitals last month were:
INMO general secretary Phil Ni Sheaghdha said:
The winter surge has not really begun in acute settings yet, and we are already approaching the very highest figures we have ever seen for people on trolleys. The HSE must immediately publish its winter plan for the 26/27 season outlining exactly how they intend to radically reduce the number of patients on trolleys. The HSE must begin to recruit additional staff immediately, and remove all obstacles to recruitment being faced by senior nurse and midwife managers, or we will see catastrophic safety incidents occurring in acute settings this winter. Opening bed spaces and increasing capacity requires additional staff to be hired to meet current needs of the health service, and not the staffing needs of three years ago.
The winter surge has not really begun in acute settings yet, and we are already approaching the very highest figures we have ever seen for people on trolleys.
The HSE must immediately publish its winter plan for the 26/27 season outlining exactly how they intend to radically reduce the number of patients on trolleys. The HSE must begin to recruit additional staff immediately, and remove all obstacles to recruitment being faced by senior nurse and midwife managers, or we will see catastrophic safety incidents occurring in acute settings this winter.
Opening bed spaces and increasing capacity requires additional staff to be hired to meet current needs of the health service, and not the staffing needs of three years ago.