Latest INMO trolley watch figures shown an increase in the North West

There are six patients today waiting on a hospital bed in the North West.

The latest figures from the INMO claim there are five people waiting on trolleys at Sligo university Hospital, while there also a patient waiting on a hospital bed in Letterkenny University Hospital.

All Six patients are waiting in the emergency departments.

Nationally there are 133 admitted patients waiting for beds this morning, 111 are waiting in the emergency department while 22 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.