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Trolley crisis plumbs new depths Worst-ever April for overcrowding in Irish hospitals – INMO
• University Hospital Galway, 683 • South Tipperary General Hos- pital, 623 • Tallaght University Hospital, 566. INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said: “This is the second month in 2019 where more than 10,000 patients have been forced to wait with- out a bed. The crisis is without question worsening.
“Overcrowding hits two main groups directly: those who depend on public health services and those who work in them, providing the safest care that they can in these conditions. “We started the trolley count ove r a decade ago becaus e o f unac cep t ab l e overcrowding. The problem has more than doubled since then.”
More than 10,000 admitted patients were made to wait without beds in Irish hospitals last month – the highest ever figure for April, according to the INMO trolley/ward watch (see Table 1). T h e mo n t h l y a n a l y s i s revealed that a total of 10,229 admitted patients, including 106 children, were left without beds on trolley or chairs, repre- senting an 8% increase on April
2018 and a 125% increase on April 2006 – the year INMO trolley/ward watch analysis began. University Hospital Limer- ick once again recorded the highest trolley figures in the country with 1,206 patients waiting on trolleys or chairs (see also page 10 and 16) . The other hospitals hardest hit in April were: • Cork University Hospital, 826
Table 1. INMO trolley andwardwatch analysis (April 2006 – 2019)
Apr 2006
Apr 2007
Apr 2008
Apr 2009
Apr 2010
Apr 2011
Apr 2012
Apr 2013
Apr 2014
Apr. 2015
Apr 2016
Apr 2017
Apr 2018
Apr 2019
Hospital
Beaumont Hospital
283 133 306 272 121 215 337 425
350 135 415 100
758 298 590 225 210 559 722 35
784 313 421 382 278 200 498
812 163 496 194 148
534 352 233 377 157 138 462 476
624 338 321 109 170
753 716 387 158 124 297 450 434
546 318 148 190
646 517 413 269 385 355 309 n/a
732 245 356 307
134 156 437 246 238 192 327 n/a
178 346 415 390 258 391 451 n/a
452 237 524 432 277 328 566 n/a
Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown
Mater Hospital
Naas General Hospital St Colmcille’s Hospital St James’s Hospital
62 53
n/a 89
n/a 80
71
71
St Vincent’s University Hospital
431 247
440 628
426 196
162 261
443 372
Tallaght Hospital
1,011
National Children’s Hospital,Tallaght Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin TempleStreetChildren’sUniversityHospital
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
5
4
39 54
48 51
Eastern total
2,092
1,793
3,397
3,887
2,952
2,729
2,255
3,319
1,714
2,894
2,535
1,730
2,527
2,919
Bantry General Hospital Cavan General Hospital Cork University Hospital
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
19 24
27 11
108
61 19
129
59
324 344 226
165 285
307 551
159 297 48 n/a 44 46 49 n/a 15 19 n/a 20 34 46 45 n/a 104 305 171 311
186 523
448 484
295 543
222 440 137 230 258 440 105 171 n/a
68
84
199 826 420 272 251 208 197 313 n/a
380 343
289 299
277
658 320
890 254
Letterkenny General Hospital Louth County Hospital Mayo University Hospital Mercy University Hospital, Cork
25
55 46
33
32 n/a 48
55 n/a
41 n/a
15
4 5
4
n/a
n/a
n/a 89
n/a 94
171 132
148 110
83
198 116 283 11 89 23 n/a n/a 57 92 n/a 566 254 161
176 182 371 200 256 n/a n/a n/a 35 43 n/a 486 170 173 293 377 557 301 106 55
198 188 468 166 172
157 281 367 313 466
112
134 104
159 214 112 167
228 256 244 326
312 378 223 459
Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise Midland Regional Hospital,Tullamore Mid Western Regional Hospital, Ennis
4 8
17 29
17 52
6
n/a 42
6
4
53 18 n/a n/a
169
44 16 n/a
49 n/a n/a
51 n/a n/a
17 n/a
22 n/a
20 n/a 13
3
13 n/a 59
n/a n/a
Monaghan General Hospital Nenagh General Hospital
9
52 n/a
n/a
2
8
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
147
200
221 101
163
498 137
360
602
517
296 156
135 108 135 388 571 576 576 174 n/a
129
Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan
19 39 66
34 27 65 23 21 n/a
46
81
82
50 18 n/a
61
Portiuncula Hospital
48 87 85
132
65 87
106
112
73 n/a
179
Roscommon County Hospital Sligo University Hospital South Tipperary General Hospital St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny University Hospital Galway University Hospital Kerry University Hospital Limerick University Hospital Waterford Wexford General Hospital
72
n/a
n/a
n/a
114
161
139
166 176 155 512 801 203 264 88
323 229 269 470 120 544 172 206
408 561 273 587
140 493 319 410 143 649 393 163
446 623 411 683 238
77 n/a
145
58 n/a
39 57
n/a
24
208
158
399 116 171
264
455
390
97
31
10
25
97
33
92
162
102
280
186 101
222 111 287
274
620 317
1,028
1,206
n/a
n/a
41
76
80 55
314
386 131
259
3
162
191
51
59
75
Country total
2,463 4,555
1,533 3,326
2,926 6,323
2,270 6,157
2,403 5,355
3,907 6,636
3,599 5,854
4,966 8,285
4,547 6,261
4,966 7,860
5,610 8,145
5,469 7,199
6,906 9,433
7,310
NATIONALTotal
10,229
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
107 106
Of which were under 16
Percentage increase/decrease: 2018 compared to 2019: 8% 2014 compared to 2019: 63% 2010 compared to 2019: 91% 2006 compared to 2019: 125% 2017 compared to 2019: 42% 2013 compared to 2019: 23% 2009 compared to 2019: 66% 2016 compared to 2019: 26% 2012 compared to 2019: 75% 2008 compared to 2019: 62% 2015 compared to 2019: 30% 2011 compared to 2019: 54% 2007 compared to 2019: 208%
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