AQW 53385/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of additional front line Northern Ireland Ambulance Service staff that have been (i) recruited; and (ii) trained in the last twelve months.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 25 January 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 25 January 2016
- Answer due by
- 9 February 2016
- Answered
- 23 March 201658 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The number of employees who took up post in the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service via a recruitment process between 1 January and 31 December 2015 is given in the following table.
| Internal | External | TOTAL | |
| Ambulance Care Attendant | 18 | 67 | 85 |
| Trainee Emergency Medical Technician | 66 | 0 | 66 |
| Emergency Medical Technician | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| Paramedic | 40 | 8 | 48 |
| RRV Paramedic | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 145 | 83 | 228 |
The number of employees who were required to undertake a formal training programme prior to undertaking operational duties between 1 January and 31 December 2015 is given in the following table.
| Internal | External | TOTAL | |
| Ambulance Care Attendant | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| Trainee Emergency Medical Technician | 66 | 0 | 66 |
| TOTAL | 66 | 67 | 133 |