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Safety not thought to be affected despite up to 25,000 workers joining picket lines across England and Wales

Paramedics at picket lines in Manchester and Stockport said the crisis in the NHS was behind delays of up to ten hours outside hospital A&E departments

Proposals to require some public sector staff to continue working during a strike

Up to 25,000 ambulance workers across England and Wales have gone on strike in a dispute with the Government over pay. Paramedics, call handlers, drivers and technicians from the Unison and GMB unions are taking part in staggered strikes across a 24-hour period. It comes as 14 health unions, representing…

Emergency medical technician Julie Cunnane says paramedics feel ‘guilty’ as they cannot provide good care for patients

Deal done so that paramedics will attend life-or-death cases

Unions demand direct pay talks with Rishi Sunak’s ministers

NHS Providers has warned the health service will be hit harder by Wednesday’s strike than one held in December.

NHS England has told patients to continue to call 999 for life-threatening emergencies but to use 111, GPs and pharmacies for non-urgent needs.

Exclusive: ‘This is a crisis, and yet the prime minister still refuses to call it this,’ says Dr Langhor of the British Medical Association

Health bosses are expecting "long delays" for an ambulance on Wednesday during the second walkout by paramedics and allied staff