NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE

Report warns of urgent need to recruit ambulance staff

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) urgently needs to hire additional employees, according to an unpublished Health Service Executive staffing plan (NAS). The report warns that based on current modelling, compliance with a target to respond within 19 minutes to life-threatening cases other than cardiac or respiratory arrest would be “considerably less than 40 percent” by … Read more

Wexford, Cork and Kerry suffer ambulance delay even in emergency situations, report reveals

Wexford, Cork and Kerry are the counties where ambulances reach with a delay even to attend emergency cases, a new report by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) shows. The report covers the first six months of 2021 and the service details of ambulances throughout the country. Delays were most pronounced in Wexford, Cork, and Kerry, … Read more