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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Health unions urge Sunak to resolve pay dispute before unprecedented strike

The general secretary of Unite, Sharon Graham, joins ambulance workers on the picket line in Chorley
The general secretary of Unite, Sharon Graham, joins ambulance workers on the picket line in Chorley, Lancashire. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Health union leaders have urged Rishi Sunak to resolve the deepening NHS pay dispute in the next two weeks to stop the biggest strike in the service’s history going ahead on 6 February.

They made their plea as about 16,000 paramedics, call handlers and other ambulance staff in England held the latest stoppage on Monday in their campaign against ministers’ imposition of a below-inflation £1,400 pay rise.

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