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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

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'Completely unworkable' - INMO reveals record overcrowding at Irish hospital

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has revealed record overcrowding figures at an Irish hospital. According to the INMO's daily Trolley Watch report, a total of 529 patients are waiting for beds at hospitals today, with a record 88 ...

28 Sept 2022 at 12:36

Local News

Nursing regulator coming to Donegal to discuss future of profession after Covid-19 pandemic

The body which regulates nursing and midwifery will visit Donegal next week to discuss the future of the professions after the Covid-19 pandemic. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) will host a discussion event in Letterkenny. The ...

05 Jun 2022 at 13:00

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 ...

24 May 2022 at 11:23

National News

INMO urges politicians to directly intervene in trolley crisis as over 650 wait for beds

A nurses union is calling for direct ministerial intervention to tackle Ireland's trolley crisis. The call comes as the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) records 654 patients waiting on trolleys across the country today ...

23 Mar 2022 at 12:43

National News

'Health service is creaking' - INMO calls for elective procedures to be cancelled

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) is calling on the HSE to order the cancellation of elective procedures due to what they are calling an overcrowding "emergency". The INMO is recommending the implementation of ...

21 Mar 2022 at 17:26

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 ...

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 ...

16 Mar 2022 at 18:00

Local News

Visiting access limited at Letterkenny University Hospital

Due to an ongoing outbreak of Covid-19 in the hospital, access to visiting is currently limited to compassionate grounds only and these visits should be arranged in advance with the nurse manager on the ward. ...

06 Mar 2022 at 12:30

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 ...

23 Feb 2022 at 14:00

Local News

Cash boost for 2022 Donegal Older Persons Services buildings

Over €130 million has been approved in the HSE’s Capital Development Programme to make a number of Older Persons Services buildings HIQA compliant. The bulk of the money is to be spent in Donegal but ...

24 May 2022 at 15:55

Local News

ATU Donegal to host event on the role of mental health nurses

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is to co-host its inaugural Summer Series event with Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Donegal later this month. The event, Mental Health and ...

03 Jun 2022 at 12:01

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