551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national policy, protocol or guidance exists governing continuity of care for young people transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services where the individual has a history of State care, special care, institutional care or complex trauma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/26]
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552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of PURPLE and RED emergency calls in 2024 and 2025 where no ambulance resource was immediately available at the point of call allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41025/26]
553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the duration for which emergency calls remain without an assigned ambulance resource after initial triage; and if so, the average and longest duration recorded in 2024 and 2025. [41026/26]
554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether repeated breaches of ambulance allocation time KPIs trigger any automatic operational review, executive escalation, or risk escalation process within the HSE or National Ambulance Service. [41027/26]
555. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken correlating ambulance allocation delays with adverse patient outcomes, mortality, ICU admission, cardiac arrest survival rates, or other clinical indicators since 2020. [41028/26]
556. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance allocation delays are specifically tracked within any HSE Enterprise Risk Register, regional risk register, or National Ambulance Service corporate risk register; and if they will provide details. [41029/26]
557. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated absolute number of PURPLE and RED calls which exceeded the relevant allocation thresholds in 2024 and 2025. [41030/26]
558. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any automatic escalation threshold exists where ambulance allocation delays for PURPLE or RED calls exceed defined levels over a given reporting period; and if so, to provide details. [41031/26]
559. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether repeated breaches of ambulance allocation-time KPIs are recorded within any HSE enterprise, regional, or National Ambulance Service risk register; and if so, the current risk classification assigned. [41032/26]
560. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has examined correlations between ambulance allocation delays and adverse patient outcomes, including cardiac arrest survival, stroke outcomes, sepsis outcomes, or mortality rates. [41033/26]
561. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance allocation delays beyond defined KPI thresholds are retrospectively clinically reviewed where serious harm or death subsequently occurs. [41034/26]
562. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch or the Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council have identified any recommendations, findings, deficiencies, or corrective actions relating to ambulance allocation performance since 2020. [41035/26]
563. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any written policy governing prioritisation decisions where multiple simultaneous PURPLE or RED calls arise, and insufficient ambulance resources are immediately available. [41036/26]
564. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any cumulative reporting mechanism exists tracking repeated ambulance allocation delays by geographic area, time band, or demand surge category. [41037/26]
565. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency calls in 2024 and 2025 where no ambulance resource was immediately available at the point of allocation decision-making. [41038/26]
566. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records occasions where ambulance demand exceeds immediately available operational resources; and if so, the number of such occurrences in 2024 and 2025. [41039/26]
567. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any retrospective clinical review process exists for cases where emergency ambulance allocation exceeded the defined PURPLE or RED KPI thresholds. [41040/26]
568. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any deaths, serious incidents, or adverse clinical outcomes since 2020 have been linked through review or incident analysis to delayed ambulance allocation or dispatch. [41041/26]
569. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance allocation delays beyond KPI thresholds are automatically flagged for clinical governance review. [41042/26]
570. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the longest recorded ambulance allocation delay for PURPLE and RED category calls in 2024 and 2025. [41043/26]
571. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch accreditation process examines adverse outcomes associated with delayed ambulance allocation. [41044/26]
572. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether reports produced under IAED accreditation reviews or PHECC Governance Validation Framework inspections are published; and if not, why not. [41045/26]
573. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether NAS maintains any formal escalation threshold whereby repeated breaches of allocation-time KPIs trigger operational, managerial, or governance intervention. [41046/26]
574. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether delayed ambulance allocation performance forms part of any HSE enterprise risk register, regional risk register, or NAS operational risk framework. [41047/26]
575. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance dispatch delays beyond defined KPI thresholds are automatically classified as patient safety incidents for governance and reporting purposes; and if not, the criteria used to determine when a delay becomes reportable. [41048/26]