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15th January 2018
03:14pm GMT

The INMO said that the increased presence of trolleys in paediatric hospitals is “a new phenomenon”.INMO launches Paediatric Trolley Watch today #trolleycrisis #trolleywatch @sligonurse pic.twitter.com/vyLGsbgZul
— INMO_IRL (@INMO_IRL) January 15, 2018
“It is unfortunate that children are now regularly being admitted for hospital care without an inpatient bed,” their statement read.The organisation has been monitoring the numbers of children on trolleys since November when it was agreed that paediatrics would be included in the Trolley Watch scheme. Today, INMO Deputy Secretary General Dave Hughes said the high numbers are not down to an increase of children being admitted to a hospital, rather the lack of beds available.
INMO General Secretary Phil Ni Sheaghdha, “The negative outcome for patients arising from long trolley waits is proven and accepted “ #trolleywatch #trolleycrisis pic.twitter.com/7D9RUHMM3u
— INMO_IRL (@INMO_IRL) January 15, 2018
“I think it’s a regrettable step that we’ve had to call you here today,” INMO President Martina Harkin-Kelly said earlier today. “It is vital that this Union puts the health and safety and timely care of all patients, particularly those most vulnerable in our society under the spotlight so as to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to provide safe, effective quality care. "Therefore, it has been necessary to bring attention to this unfortunate development by expanding the Trolley Watch figures to include children. “It is something we hoped would never arise and the sooner such practice ceases, the better from the INMO point of view.”
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