NHS ambulance staff belonging to three unions will walk out on 21 December, with a second strike scheduled for 28 December, unless a last-minute agreement can be forged in pay negotiations.
The strike by around 25,000 members of the GMB, Unite, Unison unions is the latest blow to Britain’s stricken health service after members of the Royal College of Nursing took part on industrial action on 15 and 20 December, joining rail workers, postmen and women, London bus drivers, Border Force agents, baggage handlers, teachers and driving examiners in demonstrating for better wages this month at a time when the UK remains mired in economic turmoil and runaway inflation.
