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Ambulances: Union chief urges Government to ‘make us an offer’ on pay

Health Secretary Steve Barclay is meeting unions on Tuesday afternoon.

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Deaths caused by ambulance delays soar as unions accuse Tories of 'criminal negligence'

Figures from West Midlands Ambulance Service show 37 patients died because an ambulance did not get to them on time in the first nine months of this year, compared to just one death in 2020

Daily Mirror · Dec 20, 2022

Nazi death camp worker, 97, gets suspended sentence for her part in 11,000 murders

Irmgard Furchner, 97, was dubbed the 'secretary of evil' during her role at a Nazi SS death camp in the 1940s. Today she received a two-year long jail sentence for her part in the death of over 11,000 victims

Daily Mirror · Dec 20, 2022

At least three ambulance services declare critical incidents

North East Ambulance Service, South East Coast Ambulance and the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust have all moved to the status

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2022

At least three ambulance services declare critical incidents ahead of strike

North East Ambulance Service, South East Coast Ambulance and the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust have all moved to the status.

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

UK govt refuses to give way on pay as nurses, medics strike

The British government says it will not offer more money to nurses and ambulance crews to end strikes that are piling pressure on an already overstretched health system

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

The Standard View: When it comes to strikes, the government must remember that flexibility is not a vice

A word of advice: try not to fall sick this week. Nurses in about a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England, including four in London, are walking out again in a long-running dispute over pay. Tomorrow, ambulance staff in England and Wales will walk out too

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2022

Strike news – live: A&E patients turned away as paramedics walk out amid critical incidents

Ambulance staff from three unions will take industrial action on Wednesday across England and Wales

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

What does the latest data on ambulance services show?

Some 39,000 patients are likely to have experienced potential harm last month as a result of ambulance delays of more than 60 minutes.

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Four ambulance services declare critical incidents ahead of paramedic strike

South East Coast Ambulance Service, South East Coast Ambulance Service, the East of England Ambulance Service and Yorkshire Ambulance Service have all declared critical incidents amid the strikes

Daily Mirror · Dec 20, 2022