Major shake-up of ambulance service to begin

The HSE’s National Ambulance Service is poised to begin the reconfiguration of the Cork and Kerry ambulance service in East Cork.

The NAS confirmed yesterday that a key part of the plan — the elimination of on-call working — has been finalised with unions.

It is working on a detailed implementation plan which will see the system introduced first in the East Cork group of ambulance stations — Fermoy, Midleton, and Youghal.