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“This level of overcrowding in Galway and across the country in the middle of July is not normal,” the INMO said.
Talks between unions on new sick pay schemes are ongoing.
The INMO has said the dignity of patients is often diminished because of overcrowded conditions.
There was record-breaking overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick in April.
Here’s a roundup of stories from today.
The Department of Health yesterday confirmed the details of the new Covid-19 Advisory Group that will include members such as Professor Luke O’Neill.
Hospitals have been under serious pressure in the latest surge – with the worst March overcrowding for at least 16 years.
The INMO said face mask mandates need to be reintroduced.
HSE boss Paul Reid said today that people being reinfected with Covid-19 is not an unusual occurrence.
A total of 1,042 patients are in hospital with Covid-19 currently.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health is set to sit later today.
84 people were waiting for admission to Cork University Hospital this morning.
“Covid-related shortages are not the result of ‘absenteeism’, which is defined as an avoidable absence from work.”
Your round-up of what made the headlines today.
Today’s trolley figures have returned to similar pre-pandemic figures hit in 2019.
Dr Colm Henry said the HSE is finalising its policy around this at the moment.
There is a total of 428 people on trolleys across the country today, with 70 of them in University Hospital Limerick.
409 admitted patients were waiting for beds in hospitals across the country this morning.
The €77-million plan aims to increase bed capacity, but questions have been raised about whether there will be additional staff.
Unions say the sector was severely hit by the recession and workers have not received a pay rise in 12 years.
Trade union representatives and opposition TDs said that paying student nurses was about securing the health service.
INMO figures show that there are five times as many children on trolleys compared to October 2020.
More than 1,800 healthcare workers are currently on Covid-related leave.
506 admitted patients were waiting for beds this morning.
The protest is due to take place at the main entrance of the hospital at 1pm today.
Nurses have to use a baby monitor to watch certain patients due to staff shortages, The Journal reported earlier today.
That’s according to new research by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
The INMO stated that 63 patients were waiting on trolleys in CUH today.
The facility in west Cork was closed due to a lack of consultants.
The UH Limerick CEO said the INMO claims were “disappointing” and “incorrect”.
Members say that UHL had 52 patients on trolleys this morning, despite gaining more than 110 new beds since January.
The INMO says Mullingar is facing 50 unfilled nursing shifts over the coming fortnight.
The union said that some hospitals are approaching pre-pandemic levels of overcrowding.
376 admitted patients went without beds across Ireland this morning.
91% of nurses said they experienced mental exhaustion because of the pandemic.
The INMO’s annual conference today heard from a number of nurses who are suffering longer term effects of a Covid-19 diagnosis.
The hospital group responded to calls from the INMO for a Hiqa investigation into overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick
1,100 patients with Covid-19 are in Irish hospitals, including 173 in critical care.
An Oireachtas committee will meet with healthcare representative organisations later this morning.
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