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'It's life or death': North East paramedic says strikes are over 'scary and demoralising' reality on the NHS front line

A paramedic has revealed the stark reality of being forced to fight to save lives in hospital corridors

Chronicle Live

The Leader podcast: Paramedic says he’s never seen NHS this bad

Ambulance workers are striking again - for the third time in five weeks - as the dispute over pay and staffing rumbles on.

Evening Standard

It would be lovely to wave a magic wand, Sunak tells unions

Pay rises for workers would have to come from ‘elsewhere in the NHS budget’, the Prime Minister said.

The Independent UK

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Everything you need to know about the ambulance strikes

Strikes to take place on 21, 28 December, 23 January and 6 February

The Independent UK

Who’s on strike today? Every date of every UK walkout in 2023

Protests against salary stagnation and working conditions continue as more disruption anticipated

The Independent UK

When are ambulance workers going on strike?

Strikes are planned for 6 February when workers will likely hold the biggest strike

The Independent UK

Everything we know about Monday’s ambulance strikes: Workers walk out as Hunt urged to fund ‘fair’ pay deal

Thousands of members of Unison, Unite and the GMB will walk out across England and Wales on Monday

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Unison urges Jeremy Hunt to release new money to end NHS strikes

Union makes demand as health service in England prepares to contend with latest stoppage by ambulance staff

The Guardian - UK

999 call handlers 'feel at fault' when they tell crying patients the wait time for ambulance

NWAS call handler Keira said: "We can't reach out to them, we can't do anything other than organise the help"

Liverpool Echo

Ambulance workers on strike as Government urged to pay ‘fairly’

Further walkouts are planned in the coming weeks by nurses and other NHS workers.

The Independent UK

Ambulance workers stage latest strike as Hunt urged to fund ‘fair’ pay deal

Unison said the Chancellor must release extra cash and kickstart talks with the health unions.

The Independent UK

Plea to ‘save lives’ by only calling 999 in an emergency during ambulance strike

London Ambulance Service chief excutive says only ‘life and limb threatening’ calls will be responded to during walkout

Evening Standard

Unions could call off strikes if Tory ministers offer NHS staff 10% pay rise

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham leader said the Government must offer a double-digit pay rise to NHS staff instead of 'dancing round their handbags' as thousands of workers prepare for walkouts

Daily Mirror

Barclay insists talks ‘constructive’ despite union’s claim that pay not covered

More strike action by ambulance workers this week is ‘hugely disappointing’ and will ‘inevitably’ cause disruption, the Health Secretary said.

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Tory ministers ‘looking to privatise’ NHS, says union boss

Unite general secretary lashes out, before urging to ministers to offer 10% pay rise

Belfast Live

Cost of living crisis: NI care workers stage protests calling for improved mileage rates

They say sharp increases in fuel and maintenance costs over the last 12 months has led to a "cost of fuel crisis"

Liverpool Echo

Ambulance staff to stage further walkouts over ongoing pay dispute

Ambulance staff in the North West could strike again in February and March

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency workers in England go on strike in pay dispute

Automatic warning system activated to issue flood alerts during industrial action by staff on Wednesday

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The Independent UK

Protesters brave freeze to demonstrate against controversial strikes Bill

The demonstration coincided with the second reading of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill in Parliament.

Daily Mirror

All UK strikes dates from nurses to paramedics as teachers on brink of walkouts

Widespread industrial action shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants and ambulance workers among those set for walkouts in bitter disputes over pay and conditions

Wales Online

The strikes set to cause more disruption in days and weeks ahead

Further industrial action is planned by transport, health and education workers

The Guardian - UK

‘People realise what we’re doing is right’: how nurses won PR battle over NHS strikes

Rishi Sunak portrays union chiefs as leftwing militants but some leaders are succeeding in blaming the impasse on No 10 – and half of voters agree

Daily Mirror

'As NHS staff struggled during Covid, Tories spent money on overpriced or defective PPE'

Of £12billion in PPE contracts doled out as the pandemic took hold, more than a quarter went to Tory donors or the mates of ministers. Conservative Covid cronyism left a bitter aftertaste

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: cabinet split over NHS pay disputes piles pressure on Sunak

Health secretary Steve Barclay urges unions to lobby PM over improved pay offer for striking nurses and ambulance workers

The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay privately concedes he will have to increase pay offer to NHS staff

The U-turn may help to end wave of strikes, though funding it could require cuts to key services

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