Midwest Nurses hope the issues raised by HIQUA into the length of time patients are forced to spend on trolleys in A&E departments will result in prompt action by the government.
In a report on overcrowding at Tallaght Hospital, The Health Information and Quality Authority also expressed serious concerns about a number of other hospitals nationwide.
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It found that waiting times for some patients to get an inpatient bed in Limerick Regional and Galway University Hospitals varied from 24 hours up to almost 70.