The number of patients waiting for a hospital bed on trolleys was over 9.7 thousand in the month of August 2023, the worst year in the provided time interval. Hospital overcrowding otherwise known as the 'trolley crisis' has been a problem before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patients waiting for hospital bed on trolley dropped to approximately 3.1 thousand in 2020. Since the summer of 2021, when restrictions have generally been lifted, overcrowding of hospitals has again been emerging. This statistic displays the number of individuals waiting on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2023.
Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2023*
Every morning at 8 am, INMO (Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization) members count how many patients are waiting in the Emergency Department for a bed and how many are waiting in wards elsewhere in the hospital. The INMO Trolley Watch counts the number of patients who have been admitted to acute hospitals, but who are waiting for a free bed. These patients are often being treated on trolleys in corridors, but they may also be on chairs, in waiting rooms, or simply wherever there’s space. The INMO started Trolley Watch in 2004.
* Figures are for the whole month of August each year.
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Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. (October 16, 2023). Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2023* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. "Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2023*." Chart. October 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. (2023). Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2023*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. "Number of Patients on Hospital Trolleys in Ireland in The Month of August 2006 to August 2023*." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2023* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2023* [Graph], Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, October 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/
