A veteran paramedic has called for a UK-wide independent inquiry to be launched into ambulances services and the number of patient deaths being caused by extreme waiting times. Rob Harrington,
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Almost 1,500 ambulance workers across Wales are to go on strike for the second time in less than a month, with unions invited to discuss a one-off cash payment to
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Health and social care workers in Northern Ireland are to join a 24-hour strike planned for later this month in a bid for better pay. Trade union Unite said that
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Rishi Sunak’s administration stood accused by a Labour MP of being the “most authoritarian Government in Britain in living memory” as the business secretary set out new laws requiring minimum
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Welsh ambulance workers in Unite are to stage two strikes in the dispute over pay and staffing. Members of the union at the Welsh Ambulance Service will walk out on
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The Health Secretary has blamed high numbers of flu cases, Covid-19 and Strep A fears for the particular pressures the NHS faced over Christmas. Steve Barclay’s comments come as senior
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Almost all of the ambulance trusts in England are at such a level of disruption that the environment might not be considered safe and patients might face harm. The majority
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Health Secretary Steve Barclay has accused trade unions of making a “conscious decision” to “inflict harm” on patients as thousands of ambulance staff walk out on the first of two
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Hundreds of appointments and services have been hit as nurses take to the picket lines across Northern Ireland for the second time in a week. Health trusts across the region
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Wales’s health minister has urged people not to “add extra pressure” on the ambulance service ahead of planned strike action – warning crews will only be able to respond to
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