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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 12:22

National News

'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 13:58

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 15:36

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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 ...

23 Feb 2022 at 13:30

Covid-19

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 ...

04 Jan 2022 at 13:05

Business

Planning permission sought for major new nursing home

Plans are in the pipeline to build a major new nursing home in Inishowen. Glasheady Investments Limited has plans for a 58 bedroom nursing home at Churchland Quarters, Carndondagh. Planning permission from ...

12 Feb 2022 at 21:31

National News

Covid positive nursing home residents 'largely well' despite outbreak at 40% of homes

There are still “high numbers” of Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes with 40% of centres affected, the Dáil has heard. As of today (Wednesday February 2), there were 225 nursing homes experiencing an ...

02 Feb 2022 at 18:26

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 ...

22 Aug 2022 at 16:58

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