The UNITE trade union is calling for the inclusion of frontline staff input in a HIQA investigation into ambulance response times.
The investigation comes in the wake of several high-profile incidents where ambulances have failed to come to the assistance of seriously ill patients within the recommended response times.
They include the case of Carndonagh woman Maura Porter, who waited almost an hour for an ambulance after a crash on December 30th. She subsequently died from her injuries.
Willie Quigley of UNITE says it’s the ambulance staff who can provide answers to the problems:
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