29 inpatients on trolleys at UHK this morning

There were 29 inpatients on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry (UHK) this morning.

That's according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO) daily TrolleyWatch report.

Of those, 20 inpatients are waiting for beds in the emergency department (ED), while nine are on trolleys in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Nationally, 629 people are waiting for hospital beds, with University Hospital Limerick (UHL) once again being the most overcrowded.