06/12/2022
WELSH AMBULANCE SERVICE TO STRIKE JUST BEFORE THE PERIOD 🏴
Ambulance staff across most of England and Wales will go on strike on 21 December in a dispute over pay.
The coordinated walkout by the three main ambulance unions - Unison, GMB and Unite - will affect non-life threatening calls only.
But it could mean people who have had trips and falls not being responded to.
It comes as Royal College of Nursing members are also preparing to go on strike on 15 and 20 December in parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The impact of the walkout will be patchy as Unison, which has twice the numbers of the other two unions combined, only has a strike mandate for half of England's 10 regional services.
The walkouts will involve paramedics as well as control room staff and support workers, with the military on standby to help out.
Unison head of health Sara Gorton said: "The government will only have itself to blame if there are strikes in the NHS before Christmas.
"Wages are too low to stop health workers quitting the NHS. As more and more hand in their notice, there are fewer staff left to care for patients. The public knows that's the reason behind lengthy waits."
Source- BBC NEWS
