Partners NI Ambulance Service HSC Trust

Organisation:
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust

Description:
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust is one of six Health and Social Care Trusts which provide health and social services throughout Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) provides statutory ambulance services to approximately 1.7 million people.

The ambulance services we provide are:

• emergency response to patients with sudden illness and injury;

• non-emergency patient care and transportation - the journeys undertaken include admissions, hospital outpatient appointments, discharges and inter-hospital transfers;

• specialised health transport services;

• training and education of ambulance professionals;

• planning for and co-ordination of major events, mass casualty incidents and disasters;

• support for community-based First Responder services;

• stand-by at special events;

• community education;

• out-of-hospital care research.

Northern Ireland has an area of 5,600 square miles and is accessed by 15,500 miles of roads. NIAS operates as a regional service throughout the four health Board areas.

Contact name: Liam McIvor, Chief Executive

Address:
Site 30
Knockbracken Healthcare Park

Saintfield Road

Belfast

Postcode: BT8 8SG

Tel: (028) 9040 0712

Fax: (028) 9040 0902

Email: chiefsec@niamb.co.uk

Website: www.niamb.co.uk

Sector (statutory, voluntary, community, other): Public sector

Area of interest/expertise: Emergency services

Mission statement:
Our mission is to deliver effective and efficient care to people in need and improve the health and wellbeing of the community through the delivery of high quality ambulance service. Our vision is of an ambulance service contributing to a safer community and a better quality of life in Northern Ireland through first class "out of hospital" emergency, non-emergency and disaster services. These involve core values of quality, respect, integrity,accessibility, confidentiality, service excellence, collaboration and governance.