The number of patients waiting for a hospital bed on trolleys was over 9.6 thousand in the month of August 2022, 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, where 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 2022.
Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2022*
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Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. (October 6, 2022). Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2022* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 02, 2023, 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 2022*." Chart. October 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. (2022). Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2022*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 02, 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 2022*." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Oct 2022, 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 2022* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/ (last visited February 02, 2023)
Number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2022* [Graph], Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, October 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/433205/patients-waiting-on-hospital-trolleys-ireland/