Fresh concerns are being expressed about long waiting times for ambulance services in West Clare.
It’s after a casualty was understood to have waited 75 minutes for an ambulance to arrive to a serious incident in the area earlier this week, with HIQA recommending a 20 minute turnaround for all callouts.
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The National Ambulance Service is currently undertaking a Capacity Review Report for the region, which is due to completed before the end of March.
Kilkee-based Fianna Fail Councillor and Regional Health Forum West member Cillian Murphy says the ‘dynamic deployment’ system is not working for the West of the county.
