The strike action will involve ambulance staff employed by services in London, Yorkshire, the North West, North East and South West
action will involve ambulance staff employed by services in London, Yorkshire, the North West, North East and South West.coordinated strike action on 21 DecemberMembers of the GMB union at nine ambulance trusts are also preparing to strike on 28 December, while 1,000 union members in the Welsh Ambulance Service are set to announce strike dates in the new year.and unions failed to address the issue of pay.from across the country to help during this week's walkouts.
Ahead of Wednesday's industrial action, the unions had called on the government to make an offer on pay and suggested an agreement could be reached.Unite's Onay Kasab, who attended the Tuesday meeting, warned afterwards that ambulance strikes would"escalate" unless the government agreed to negotiations.
Mr Barclay said:"Further pay increases would mean taking money away from frontline services at a time when we are tackling record waiting lists as a result of the pandemic."Steve Barclay lists a number of factors putting pressure on the NHS and suggests that the trade unions have decided to strike at precisely this time.
On top of ambulance worker strikes, NHS members of the Royal College of Nursing went on strike 15 and 20 December calling for a rise of 5% above inflation - 19.2% - as they said they have had a real terms pay cut of 20% since 2010.
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