The Health Minister and the Social Care Minister are expected to announce a health budget top-up of €70 million today aimed at relieving hospital overcrowding.
The proposal has been agreed by a taskforce set up to tackle the trolley crisis facing emergency departments and wards across the country.
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It's expected to target around 700 so-called delayed discharges in order to free up beds.
Additional funding is to be diverted to the Fair Deal nursing home scheme, aimed at reducing waiting times for a nursing home bed from 11 to between four and six weeks.
