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Cost, quality and scale of ambulance services in Dublin to be reviewed

The service is currently provided by both the Dublin Fire Brigade and the HSE’s National Ambulance service.

A REVIEW OF the ambulance service provided in the Dublin region is to come under scrutiny in a joint review by the HSE and Dublin City Council.

The size of the fleet will be assessed, as well as factors such as compliance with national quality standards, the cost of the current service provision, and how emergency calls are handled.

The review could potentially result in a change to the current model of service provision.

It is currently provided by both the HSE’s National Ambulance Service and the Dublin Fire Brigade’s Emergency Ambulance Service.

The review, expected to completed by May of this year, will be carried out by Derek Brady, former Deputy City Manager at Dublin City Council, and Martin Flaherty OBE.

Flaherty is currently the Managing Director of the Association of UK Ambulance Chief Executives, based in London.

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    Jan 26th 2015, 1:56 PM

    Hopefully they’ll invest money in what are some of the most soulless and dated hotels in the country. They have the name of being nothing short of knocking shops. Bit of time effort and money is badly needed.

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    Jan 26th 2015, 2:30 PM

    They don’t need to. They have close to full occupancy every night. They don’t try or want to be a five star.

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    Jan 26th 2015, 3:36 PM

    I don’t know when you last stayed in one….. They are much improved compared to 5 or 6 years ago.

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    Jan 26th 2015, 1:38 PM

    The jury is out on this deal

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    Jan 26th 2015, 1:41 PM

    Terrible!

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    Jan 26th 2015, 1:54 PM

    Here’s your coat, what’s your rush?

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    Jan 26th 2015, 4:24 PM

    Maybe they will finally invest some money in staffing, as at the moment they are running nowadays ”labour camps”

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    Jan 26th 2015, 9:12 PM

    And why am I getting red thumbs? Has anyone worked in those camps?

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    Jan 26th 2015, 5:28 PM

    €130,000 per room? Sounds juicy. Product of ultra low interest rates I guess.

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    Jan 26th 2015, 2:33 PM

    The original Jury’s in Dame Street was a real hotel and the bar was particularly nice, as Joni Mitchell put it
    “Don’t it always seem to go
    That you don’t know what you’ve got
    Till it’s gone

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    Jan 26th 2015, 3:02 PM

    Is that Joan Mitchell from the liberties, Pats wife?

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