Number of patients dying before ambulance arrives is up by 70% in eight years

The HSE released the ambulance response time data to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín who had requested the figures through a parliamentary question. Stock picture: Eddie O'Hare

The number of people who had died by the time an ambulance got to their home has increased by 70% in the last eight years, according to the HSE.

For 1,108 callouts last year attended by the National Ambulance Service, the person was deceased by the time of arrival. This is up 100 on the 2022 figure, which was 1,008.