UK Ambulance Workers Strike Again, Piling Pressure on NHS
- Public warned of delays to emergency services during walkout
- Talks with government on pay carried on until midnight
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The UK health system faces a moment of peril Wednesday as ambulance workers hold a second strike and officials urge the public not to call emergency services unless it’s a matter of life-or-death.
Members of two unions, Unison and the GMB, are walking out as part of an ongoing dispute over real-terms pay cuts suffered by staff in the National Health Service. Government officials were in discussion with unions until midnight Tuesday with no resolution, Health Secretary Steve Barclay said.