Appointment of Chair to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 10 June 2025
- Last updated on: 10 June 2025
The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD., has appointed the following as Chairperson to the Board of Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council with effect from 16th May 2025 until 14th February 2029.
Dr Tomás Barry
General Practitioner, Associate Professor, and Clinician Scientist at University College Dublin, School of Medicine.
He has worked as a GP partner at UCD’s Coombe Family Practice and provided voluntary pre-hospital emergency care in collaboration with Dublin Fire Brigade, the National Ambulance Service and the charity ‘Critical’. He previously acted as Course Director for the National Advanced Paramedic Training Programme and has led UCD’s General Practice continuing medical education programmes in emergency care.
He was former Secretary of the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland (AUDGPI). He serves on the Editorial Board for ‘Resuscitation Plus’.
Dr Barry was appointed by the Minister for Health to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) in 2021 and has previously served as the Vice-Chair and then Chair of the PHECC Medical Advisory Committee.