Ambulance workers in Unison are to stage two fresh strikes in the dispute over pay and staffing. Members of the union in five ambulance services in England will walk out on January 11 and 23.
The strike will affect London, Yorkshire, the North West, North East and South West and follows action by members of three ambulance unions on Wednesday. Unison said the new strikes were a direct result of the government’s “repeated refusal” to negotiate improvements to NHS pay this year.
The January strikes will each be for 24 hours from midnight to midnight and involve all ambulance employees, not just the 999 response crews, as was the case on Wednesday. Health Secretary Steve Barclay infuriated union leaders on Wednesday by saying they had taken a “conscious decision” to harm people.
