Ambulance service cracking under the strain as new bill debate drags on

The head of the ambulance service delivered a stark warning in parliament on Thursday over what she described as “years of state inaction and underfunding”, as the House health committee began debating a bill to establish a national ambulance agency under the auspices of the health ministry.

Addressing MPs, ambulance service head, Riana Constantinou, welcomed the bill but said it had come far too late, questioning the prolonged delays in regulating a sector “without order or political protection”.