Ambulance workers in England and Wales will go on strike this Wednesday over pay, amid concerns from hospital bosses that they cannot guarantee patient safety.
A day after around 10,000 nursing staff in the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strike for the second time in less than a week, ambulance staff today join complaints over pay and pressure on the public health system.
According to NHS officials, this work stoppage is of concern to hospital bosses but they say that, despite everything, the minimum emergency services will continue to be available, while asking the public to use these services prudently and only in case of a vital emergency.
In England, eight of the top ten ambulance services have already declared critical accidents, due to the pressure they are under, and response times are already twice as long as they were two years ago, as noted by the BBC.
Similarly, irregularities will occur due to strike action by paramedics, administration staff, emergency attendants and technicians in the rest of the country.
The government is also urging citizens to exercise extreme caution today and to avoid unnecessary travel by car or contact sports while almost 800 members of the armed forces are being recruited to solve the health strike.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
