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Evening Standard
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David Bond,Daniel Keane,Rachael Burford and Nicholas Cecil

Don’t do anything risky, warns minister, as strikes hit NHS

A minister on Tuesday pleaded with the public not do anything “risky” during Wednesday’s ambulance strike as a London hospital trust was put on the “highest alert” level.

Hours before a walk-out by nurses began at 8am on Tuesday, health minister Will Quince issued the appeal amid worries that some heart attack and stroke victims might not get an ambulance response.

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