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AMBULANCE SERVICES ACT 1986 - SECT 9

Functions of the Secretary

The functions of the Secretary in relation to ambulance services include the following—

        (a)     to advise the Minister on the operation of this Act; and

        (b)     to develop policies and plans with respect to ambulance services; and

        (c)     to fund ambulance services and to monitor, evaluate and review those ambulance services; and

        (d)     to arrange for the provision of education and training associated with ambulance and related services; and

S. 9(e) substituted by No. 52/2017 s. 70.

        (e)     to ensure that ambulance services

              (i)     provide safe, patient-centred and appropriate services; and

              (ii)     foster continuous improvement in the quality and safety of the care and services they provide; and

        (f)     to collect and analyse data to enable the Secretary to perform the Secretary's functions under this or any other Act; and

        (g)     in consultation with ambulance services, to develop criteria or measures that enable comparisons to be made between the performance of ambulance services.



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