If an elderly person falls in their home and breaks their hip, but no ambulance is available to drive them to the hospital, do you have a functioning healthcare system? It is less a philosophical question and more a practical one, as ambulance waiting times soar.
But things are about to get worse. More than 10,000 ambulance workers across nine trusts in England and Wales are set to strike in the days before Christmas in an issue over pay. The walkout will take place a day after nurses stage their second strike, also over pay.
