Authorities are treating patients like numbers, not people – INMO

Nurses say authorities are treating hospital patients like numbers, not people.

The INMO’s released its first ever ‘Behind the Trolley Numbers survey.

Among the findings, 84% of nurses have treated patients in inappropriate settings in the past year, 72% have seen falls or delays with medications directly related to inappropriate care settings.

INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha says their members are becoming increasingly disillusioned:

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