Health Minister must assess options after Hiqa report makes clear lack of beds poses risks to patients
University Hospital Limerick. Photo: Don Moloney
Even before the winter flu surge, there were 23 patients on trolleys waiting for a bed for more than 24 hours in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) yesterday.
The pressure is unrelenting and at the heart of the ongoing risk to patient safety is a lack of beds, a recent in-depth analysis by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) makes clear.