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  • NIAS launches five-year review of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Northern Ireland

    The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) and Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) have launched a new report examining five years of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) data across Northern Ireland. Funded by Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke, the study analysed 14,255 cardiac arrests attended by NIAS between 2018 and 2022, focusing on 6,415 cases where ambulance…

  • NIAS launches Winter Plan for 2026/27

    The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has developed a plan as to how it intends to deal with the expected winter pressures for the time ahead. We have produced a winter plan in collaboration with the wider health sector, including the other Trusts. Please see a link to this plan for the 2026/27 year: Winter Plan…

  • Trust Board Meeting – Thursday 24 September 2026

    TRUST BOARD MEETING will be held on Thursday 24th September 2026 at 11am in Strabane Ambulance Station, 45 Derry Road, Strabane, BT82 8DY Members of the public are welcome.  Those wishing to attend should register their attendance with Stacey Beggs, Manager of Chair and Chief Executive Office, at [email protected] by close of business on Tuesday…

  • Trust Board Meeting – Thursday 27 August 2026

    TRUST BOARD MEETING will be held on Thursday 27th August 2026 at 10.30am in the Boardroom, NIAS HQ, Site 30, Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast BT8 8SG. Members of the public are welcome.  Those wishing to attend should register their attendance with Stacey Beggs, Manager of Chair and Chief Executive Office, at [email protected] by…

  • New research launched into unscheduled care for end of life patients

    New Northern Ireland Ambulance Service research launched yesterday, funded and commissioned by Marie Curie. The first study, conducted by NIAS and Queen’s University Belfast, found that people in their final year of life account for more than one in ten hospital admissions and almost one fifth of ambulance service workload in NI. It is the…

  • Congratulations to Mark Cochrane on being recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List

    Congratulations to Mark Cochrane on being recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Mark has given over 35 years of distinguished service to the statutory Ambulance Service, commencing his career in November 1988 within ambulance control. From an early stage, his professionalism and commitment marked him as an individual of exceptional potential, which he has…

  • Trust Board Meeting – Thursday 28 May 2026

    TRUST BOARD MEETING will be held on Thursday 28th May 2026 at 10.30am in the Boardroom, NIAS HQ, Site 30, Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast BT8 8SG. Members of the public are welcome.  Those wishing to attend should register their attendance with Stacey Beggs, Manager of Chair and Chief Executive Office, at [email protected] by…

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