AQW 20701/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of Northern Ireland Ambulance Service paramedics that have retired or left the service in each of the last five years.
Asked by Danny Donnelly MLA on 16 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 16 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 31 January 2025
- Answered
- 31 January 202515 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The number of members of staff who were graded as paramedics that left the NI Ambulance Service (NIAS) is included in the table below for each of the last five financial years. (Data for 2023/24 is included up to June 2024.)
Table 1 – No. of Paramedics that left NIAS from 2019/20 – 2023/24
| Year | No. of Staff |
| 2019/20 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | 13 |
| 2023/24 (up to June 2024) | 17 |
The information includes all members of staff graded as a Paramedic, RRV (rapid response vehicle) Paramedic or HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) Advanced Paramedic. It excludes any NIAS Paramedic who moved to a new role within NIAS.