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Letterkenny Hospital registered fifth highest patient overcrowding in September

Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) experienced the fifth highest overcrowding levels across the country's acute hospital system in September, it has been revealed. And the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has now warned that there is ...

02 Oct 2022 at 12:30

National News

Urgent action sought as over 100 people attend hospital emergency department in one night

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has sought urgent action after there were over 100 patients in the Emergency Department of one hospital on Monday night, with one patient waiting for 68 hours before they got a bed. The INMO Has ...

24 May 2022 at 11:23

Local News

Minister asked to intervene after ambulances queue at Letterkenny hospital

A call has been made for the health minister to intervene in the situation at Letterkenny University Hospital after ambulances queued outside the hospital on Tuesday night. At least seven ambulances that were unable to admit patients were seen ...

16 Mar 2022 at 15:34

Local News

Union says overcrowding at Letterkenny hospital is ‘extremely dangerous’

Nurses at Letterkenny University Hospital are “trying to maintain safe conditions in an impossible situation” a nursing union has said after overcrowding at the hospital led to a queue of ambulances forming outside on Tuesday night. The Irish ...

16 Mar 2022 at 18:00

Local News

Forced to wait 40 hours on trolley for a LUH bed

His 40-hour trolley wait in Letterkenny University Hospital's emergency department has given one Inishowen man greater empathy with the people making up the daily Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Trolley Watch statistics. Speaking to ...

23 Feb 2022 at 14:00

Donegal MD

Letterkenny University Hospital was the third most overcrowded hospital in 2021

Letterkenny University Hospital had the third-largest number of patients waiting for a bed in 2021, figures show. Of the 70,275 patients that waited for a bed in Irish hospitals in 2021, 5,778 were at the Donegal hospital, figures from ...

04 Jan 2022 at 11:35

Donegal MD

‘Burnt-out’ Donegal nurses considering leaving jobs due to hospital conditions

Nursing staff at Letterkenny University Hospital are under more pressure than they were a year ago, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (IMNO) has said. Ongoing pressures staff are facing at the hospital are leading to ...

06 Jan 2022 at 17:39

National News

Nursing union to ballot members for industrial action over pay deal

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said it will begin balloting members next week for “potential industrial action” over the public sector pay deal. The executive council of the INMO said a week-long ...

22 Aug 2022 at 16:58

National News

Almost 500 people waiting for hospital beds as staff brace for more overcrowding

Almost 500 people were waiting for a bed in hospitals across the country on Monday morning, as hospital staff prepare for another week of overcrowding. Figures from the Irish Nursing and Midwives Organisation ...

09 Jan 2023 at 12:59

National News

Hospital overcrowding should be treated as ‘national crisis’

Overcrowding problems in Irish hospitals should be treated as a “national crisis”, a leading health union has warned. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) will begin to consult its members in ...

08 Jan 2023 at 15:51

Letterkenny/Milford MD

Fifty admitted patients waiting for beds at Letterkenny University Hospital

Fifty admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning at Letterkenny University Hospital, according to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch. Twenty of that total are on ...

25 Nov 2022 at 12:36

National News

'This cannot continue' - INMO records worst November on record for hospital overcrowding

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has recorded the worst November on record for hospital overcrowding. According to the INMO's Trolley Watch figures, over 12,624 people have been without ...

30 Nov 2022 at 11:57

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