NI ambulance service needs £30m and 33% increase in staff, MLAs told

MLAs have been told the ambulance service needs a £30m cash injection to address staffing shortages that have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic (Rebecca Black/PA)

The ambulance service needs a £30 million cash injection to address staffing shortages that have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, MLAs have heard.

And Northern Ireland Ambulance Service management told the health committee the number of operational staff needs to be increased by about a third over the next five years – from around 1,000 to 1,320.