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497 patients are without a bed in Irish hospitals today according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s TrolleyWatch.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, stronger public health advice around mandated mask-wearing must be offered amid a surge in RSV and other respiratory illnesses.

Following an emergency meeting, the Executive Council of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has sanctioned the beginning of a consultation with nurses on a campaign of industrial action.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, 838 patients are on a trolley in Irish hospitals today. No hospital is unaffected by overcrowding today with patients on trolleys or chairs in emergency departments or elsewhere in each of our hospitals.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, 838 patients are on a trolley in Irish hospitals today.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have recorded that 11,842 patients were admitted to hospital without a bed in December.