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The number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Galway’s emergency department rocketed by almost 60 per cent last year.

The leader of an action group set up to save St Francis Nursing Home from closure is urging the HSE West to use the facility to relieve the pressure on the overburdened University Hospital Galway.

Industrial action is scheduled to take place at Mayo General Hospital on Monday next (subject to ongoing negotiations) while a protest march is being organised for Sunday February 5 next in Ballina, in response to drastic new health service cuts set to affect hospitals in Mayo, as announced as part of the new HSE National Service Plan this week.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) is calling for the HSE to immediately honour its obligations, arising from employment contracts, and pay all outstanding moneys due to public health nurses, community nurses and other HSE staff.

Some 18,000 people have signed a petition to save St Francis public nursing home in the city from closure.

Keeping St Francis’ public nursing home open may be one of the keys to alleviating the overcrowding crisis at UHG’s emergency department, says a nursing union official.

The Roscommon Hospital Action Committee has said it is “fully supportive” of the industrial action being undertaken by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation at Limerick Regional Hospital.

Providing more effective primary care in the community is one of the keys to easing the pressure on University Hospital Galway which is functioning on a “knife-edge”, Fine Gael senator Fidelma Healy Eames said this week.

Mayo General Hospital is one of the best performing hospitals in the country when it comes to the controversial issue of overcrowding.

Dave Hughes, deputy general secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), has called on ICTU to support a mortgage strike.