The Welsh Ambulance Service chief executive has said that he understands the concerns of ambulance staff who are currently on strike in Wales.
Almost 1,500 ambulance workers in Wales took part in industrial action again om Wednesday, January 11. The staff are in a dispute over pay and working conditions and are part of the GMB union (further strikes by ambulance workers in Unite are planned for later this month. You can read more about these here.
Speaking to WalesOnline chief executive Jason Killens said that he supported their concerns about patient safety. "The strike is about pay," he said. "That's the starting point. It is over a dispute with government over pay. But what is clear in talking to people, both staff in the control rooms and on the streets, is that in the choices or the decisions that they're taking about whether they take strike action or not, is the environment in which they're working.
