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THE number of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry in February was the highest for that month since 2020 and significantly higher than 2025. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation trolley watch figures for the month showed there were 436 patients waiting on trolleys at UHK this month […]
THERE were 3,180 patients waiting on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry in 2024 according to to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s TrolleyWatch. This is down significantly on 2023’s figure of 3,836. Nationally, 122,186 patients, including 2043 children, were admitted to hospital without a bed in 2024. INMO General Secretary […]
THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has expressed concerns about members in University Hospital Kerry being forced to work short due to over thirty nursing and midwifery vacancies on the Tralee campus. INMO members, alongside other healthcare unions, will protest conditions at the hospital today (Wednesday) at 12.30pm. Commenting on […]
THE month of July saw a decrease in patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry compared to the same month in 2023 and 2022. According to figures supplied by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) there were 286 patients waiting on trolleys this month compared to 314 in […]
THE month of June saw 376 patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry, the worst on record at the hospital for that month, according to figures supplied by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). It’s up from 274 in June 2023 and 345 in 2022. Nationally over 9,437 patients, […]
AFTER three consecutive months where numbers of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry were decreasing on same period the previous year, there was a sharp increase in April. There were 325 patients waiting on trolleys at UHK last month, the most in April since records began and an […]
THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has launched a new amalgamated Kerry branch to represent nurses and midwives working in the public and private sector in County Kerry. The new branch will be launched at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney this evening (Thursday) at 7.30pm. The new INMO Kerry branch […]
THIS year has seen the highest numbers of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry since records began in 2006. There were 3,775 patients waiting on trolleys at the hospital since the start of the year according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). The previous high was in […]
THERE was a record number of patients waiting on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry for the month of October. There were 382 patients waiting on trolleys this month compared to 220 in October of 2022 and the previous October high of 343 in 2021. Nationwide, 10,538 patients including 273 children […]
THERE was a decrease in patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry during August compared to the same month in 2022. There were 314 patients waiting on trolleys this month compared to last August’s all-time high of 343. Nationwide, over 9,720 patients, including 167 children, went without a bed […]
