Ten patients on trolleys at Mullingar hospital this morning

There are 10 people being treated on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar this morning, according to the INMO's daily Trolley Watch survey.

All 10 patients are being treated in the hospital's Emergency Department.

Nationally, the INMO reported that there are 161 people being treated on trolleys this morning, 142 in EDs and 19 on trolleys in wards. The hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys is University Hospital Limerick (51 patients), followed by Cork University Hospital (28) and Mayo University Hospital (15).