Motion

Ambulance Handovers

Ambulance Handovers
That this Assembly recognises that emergency services play a critical role in providing care to those in urgent need; expresses deep concern at the findings of the Northern Ireland Audit Office March 2025 report on ambulance handovers which outlines how severe delays are putting patient safety at risk and wasting significant resources; notes that only 7 per cent of handovers meet the 15 minute target, with some exceeding 10 hours; further notes the impact of delays on emergency response times, hospital capacity, and frontline staff; and calls on the Minister of Health, with the support of Executive colleagues, to urgently introduce the recommendations set out in the SDLP policy, Help Can’t Wait, including the introduction of the W45 policy used by the London Ambulance Service, the standardisation of guidance across all Health and Social Care Trusts, a commitment to increase medical capacity, improve processes to reduce ambulance handover delays and improve patient flow across the health system.
Private Members' Motion
Opposition business
11/03/2025
11/03/2025
24/03/2025
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