by | Mar 11, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Divisions, General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
SIPTU representatives have welcomed a resolution of a dispute affecting 70 graduate paramedics who will now be offered permanent contracts in the National Ambulance Service. This dispute was concluded following engagement between unions and HSE management yesterday...
by | Feb 27, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU members are urging the HSE’s National Ambulance Service (NAS) to reverse its decision not to offer student paramedics full-time contracts following graduation, breaking with what had previously been common practice. SIPTU Sector Organiser John McCamley said:...
by | Feb 20, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) are balloting for industrial action in a dispute with management resulting from a failure to implement the recommendations of an independent report on updating staff salary scales in recognition of changes in their...
by | Jul 30, 2025 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU representatives are recommending members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) accept Workplace Relations Commission proposals on pay and work practice changes in a ballot which could conclude a long-running dispute over changes to the service. The proposals...
by | Sep 16, 2024 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News
SIPTU representatives have called on the management of the National Ambulance Service to reverse proposed cuts to overtime which could reduce the number of available ambulance crews in the South West. SIPTU Sector Organiser, John McCamley, said: “National Ambulance...
