Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Chief Executive, Michael Bloomfield has been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List for 2025. Mr Bloomfield receives the Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Health and Social Care. Michael has 37 years’ experience working in the public sector. He joined the Civil Service in…

A pilot project aimed at reducing the number of people in mental health crisis being admitted to Emergency Departments, (ED) has been hailed as a success. Funded by the Public Health Agency, 12 mental health practitioners from the South Eastern Trust work with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) in its control room in Belfast…

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service is celebrating the success of our Paramedic staff at the Advancing Healthcare Awards ceremony which took place, recently, at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast on Thursday 10 October. NIAS Paramedics were shortlisted across five categories, carrying off the top award in three and with the other two being recognised as…

Pictured are AAP (Associate Ambulance Practitioner) Cohort 16 who are currently attending the Clinical Education Department at NIAS HQ for the classroom-based element of their AAP programme. Also in the photograph are their Clinical Training Officer Faculty led by Terry O’Neil with Andrew McFarlane, Mark Anderson, Jacqueline Franklin and the Clinical Education Manager Sean Kelly.…

We are delighted to announce that Heather Foster-Sharpe,  our Interim Asst Director with responsibility for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, has been awarded the King’s Ambulance Medal, for her services to health and to her local community, in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Heather has been with the ambulance service for 30 years throughout which…

We are delighted to announce that Heather Foster-Sharpe,  our Interim Asst Director with responsibility for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, has been awarded the King’s Ambulance Medal, for her services to health and to her local community, in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Heather has been with the ambulance service for 30 years throughout which…

There is a long history of volunteer involvement in The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust. On this Volunteer’s Week (3-9 June 2024) we want to say a heartfelt thank you to all our valued volunteers. NIAS continues to welcome new volunteers to join us to provide a high quality Voluntary Car Service that volunteers feel…