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# National Ambulance Service

This week
14th April 2024 - 19th April 2024
'Extreme risks' posed to National Ambulance Service due to management structures
A report obtained by The Journal reveals significant concerns for NAS management structures, staffing levels and funding.
This year
2024
Ambulance service to make Air Ambulance paramedics permanent at bases in Cork and Athlone
Last year
2023
Two people being treated in hospital following fire on boat in Co Clare
Woman (50s) dies after swimming incident in Lough Derg
Ambulance workers vote for strike action over delays to proposed pay reforms
National Ambulance Service personnel to ballot on strike action
Paramedics at 'breaking point' amid winter surge, SIPTU warns
All time
Farmer gored by bull recalls how Irish Air Ambulance saved his life
Dublin ambulance crisis: Covid surge and non-emergency calls bringing system to standstill
10-year-old Donegal boy awarded for bravery after raising alarm when dad fell from cliff
'Very high demand' for ambulance services in the Dublin region, HSE says
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
Ambulance capacity to double as part of 'dedicated system' to vaccinate people who are housebound
Ambulance drove 900km round trip during busy period
'It makes you feel proud': More than 1,500 frontline workers to march in National Services Day parade
Michael D Higgins praises people who are working to provide essential services during storm
92 on-duty ambulances involved in road 'incidents' so far this year
Paramedic 'left colleague stranded 100km from base after disagreement'
Barnardos didn't stick to the guidelines for paying its senior staff, says audit
Ambulance took 40 minutes to reach cardiac arrest patient in Kells
Investigation launched after woman in her 80s dies on hospital trolley
Garda Commissioner's brother at centre of inquiry into drugs found in HSE ambulance
FactCheck: Has Eircode really "saved lives"?
Elderly patient in Meath forced to wait 35 minutes for ambulance from Cavan after collapse
Ambulances are only reaching one in four life-threatening cases on time
Three babies delivered by ambulance crews last night
Ambulances are going to start using Eircodes, but it will cost them
Paramedics at one of Dublin's busiest hospitals say they're not being sent out on calls
Dublin firefighters deliver baby boy in Swords home
Schoolboy left waiting 53 minutes as ambulance sent to school that doesn't exist in wrong county
Health service scandals: Leo Varadkar faced some tough questions today
No serious injuries after Luas and car crash in Inchicore
Teen in cardiac arrest turned away from Navan hospital and sent to Drogheda
Where you live could determine whether an ambulance gets to you on time
HSE says achieving ambulance response times in rural areas is 'always a difficult task'
'Only for you, I'd be visiting a graveside and not a bedside'
Managers in the Ambulance Service say they lack the skills to do their work
Poll: Do you have confidence in our ambulance services?
The Minister for Health helped out in a medical emergency yesterday
The Air Ambulance completed its 100th journey of 2014 over the weekend