News - Emergency Departments
Local Senator believes more recruitment in primary care centres will reduce ED overcrowding
Senator Aisling Dolan feels nurses should be upskilled to act as advanced nurse practitioners.
Dec 16, 2022 13:24
HIQA report finds local emergency department under unprecedented strain
Sligo University Hospital was among those inspected and, on the day of inspection, the waiting time from triage to medical review ranged from 5 minutes to 12 hours and 4 minutes with an average of 4 hours 14 minutes.
Dec 15, 2022 14:11
Portiuncula Hospital experiencing high levels of overcrowding today
115 are on trolleys in local hospitals this morning.
Dec 15, 2022 11:06
Mullingar Adult and Paediatric ED services very busy
Patients are being reminded that a new Minor Injuries Unit is now open at the site of the Charter Medical Private Hospital in Ballinderry
Dec 6, 2022 11:50
Over 100 people waiting on trolleys at local hospitals today
The A&E at UHG is extremely busy today.
Oct 5, 2022 11:22
Monthly figures show 2000 people waiting on trolleys at local hospitals
The monthly figures show a major increase year on year in the overcrowding at Emergency Departments in Sligo and Galway
Jun 1, 2022 08:18
Half of local patients on trolleys today attending Sligo ED
Sligo ED is the second busiest in the country today
May 10, 2022 13:36
Irish Hospitals facing 'out of control' overcrowding problem
Sligo University Hospital ED has been put under severe pressure this week.
Feb 10, 2022 08:25
Concern over high trolley numbers in local hospitals today
18 patients are waiting on a bed at Portiuncula Hospital.
Jan 6, 2022 13:23
Over 100 people waiting on hospital beds across the Shannonside region
The national figure is the highest number of patients on trolleys in one day since the start of the pandemic.
Sep 8, 2021 11:06Shannonside Newsletter
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