Welcome to the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust Website

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) was established in 1995 and operates a single Northern Ireland wide Ambulance Trust with operational divisions reflecting the areas covered by the four Health and Social Services Boards serving a population of approximately 1.7 million. The Trust is one of the six Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts and operates regionally across Northern Ireland.

NIAS has an operational area of approximately 14,100sq kilometres (5,600 square miles) serviced by a fleet of over 300 ambulances (Accident and Emergency and Patient Care Service), employs in excess of 1100 staff operating throughout the Trust and operates from over 46 ambulance stations, deployment points throughout Northern Ireland. The ambulance services we provide are:

• Emergency response to patients with sudden illness and injury;
• Non-Emergency Patient Care and Transportation. The journeys undertaken cover admissions, hospital outpatient appointments, discharges and inter-hospital transfers;
• Specialised health transport services;
• Training and education of ambulance professionals;
• Planning for and co-ordination of major events, mass casualty incidents and disasters;
• Support for community based First Responder services;
• Stand-by at special events;
• Community Education;
• Out-of-hospital care research.

TELEPHONE
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FAX
028 90 400900
MINICOM
028 90 400871

24 HOUR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

Dial 999 and ask for 'Ambulance'

Non-Emergency Patient Care Service Contacts
General Enquiries: [028] 7134 7134

ADDRESS
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Ambulance Headquarters
Knockbracken Healthcare Park
Saintfield Road
Belfast BT8 8SG
Maps & Directions
Directions to Knockbracken Healthcare Park and a map of the site