Seven reasons hospital trolleys have hit record levels today:1) Beds, beds, bedsMost analysts believe the hospital system is chronically deficient in beds. Successive Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reports show that Ireland has one of the lowest ratios of hospital beds to population internationally. Too many Irish hospitals are overreliant on junior doctors, many of whom are unable to access training schemes to become consultants. More experienced doctors are constantly leaving, to be replaced by doctors who are often new to the Irish system. Finally, it’s worth remembering that trolley numbers is only one way of measuring the access problem in Irish health.

Source: The Irish Times January 06, 2020 12:27 UTC