Ambulance drove 900km round trip during busy period

Ambulance workers were sent on a 900km round trip over the weekend during busy period

File photo of ambulance worker in Dublin city centre. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland File photo of ambulance worker in Dublin city centre. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland AMBULANCE WORKERS FROM Clare drove a round trip of over 900km at the weekend due to local resources being held up elsewhere, trade union SIPTU has said.

“NAS dispatches resources on a national and area basis as opposed to a county basis. The National Emergency Operations Centre has visibility of all resources and can therefore assign the nearest available resource to every incident. Paul Bell said representatives of SIPTU have called on Minister for Health Simon Harris, the Department of Health and the HSE to take “immediately and effective action” to relieve pressure experienced by ambulance workers in Ireland.

NAS staff have said that crews based in Limerick are regularly sent to respond to calls in Dublin, Wexford and Kilkenny.

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