The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) is delighted to announce that it will provide a new, free and independent advocacy services for patients from the end of 2019. In November 2018, NAS made a submission to a public call to tender by the Department of Health to provide the new Patient Advocacy … Continued
The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, T.D. has announced the awarding of the contract for a new independent Patient Safety Advocacy Service to the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities. This service will support those wishing to make a complaint about their experience of the public health service; and provide support to patients who … Continued
Minister for Social Protection and Employment Affairs, Regina Doherty today launched the Annual Report 2017 and Strategic Plan 2018-2021 of the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS). NAS is funded and supported by the Citizens Information Board, and provides a free, independent and confidential advocacy support service to people with disabilities across Ireland. … Continued
Over one million queries inform Citizens Information Board pre-budget submission. Citizens Information Board-funded delivery services dealt with over one million queries and assisted over 700,000 callers to access a wide range of social, public and financial services in 2017. Drawing from those experiences, the ‘Barely Getting By’ pre-budget submission highlights how a targeted approach by … Continued
The National Advocacy Service for people with disabilities is a representative advocacy service that works exclusively for the person with a disability. The service held an event in the Ashling Hotel last month to highlight some of the issues emerging regarding long term supported accommodation for people with intellectual disabilities and autism. Speaking at the … Continued
