Thousands of ambulance workers in the region are set to strike again on Monday.
Ambulance staff are striking again as their dispute with the government continues
The Unite action will run from 6am to 6pm on Monday, while the GMB action will last from 6am on Monday to 8am on Tuesday. WMAS's emergency services operations delivery director, Nathan Hudson, said: “We have had productive discussions with our staffside colleagues to agree that ambulances will respond to – the most urgent calls such as cardiac arrests and where a crew request immediate back up at the scene of a case.
“In addition, staff in our non-emergency patient transport service will continue to convey vulnerable groups such as patients undertaking renal dialysis, cancer treatments, palliative care, emergency scans within the strike period timeframe.In a statement WMAS said:"The trust respects the right of trade union members to take such action or demonstrate their support of strike action.
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