Armed forces personnel are set to drive ambulances and stand in for frontline staff under emergency plans to deal with winter strikes
Health and defence officials are drawing up contingency plans as ambulance drivers and paramedics consider joining nurses on the picket lines in the coming months.
However, no formal request for help has been made as of yet by the Department of Health and Social Care to the Ministry of Defence.Read more:Picture: Alamy Health Secretary Steve Barclay has urged the nursing union to "come back to the table" for talks but he is declining to discuss pay, instead wanting to talk about conditions such as pension arrangements, holidays, rosters and the availability of free coffee.Nurses are set to stage their first UK-wide strike action next month.A Government spokeswoman said: "We are working with the NHS on a range of options to manage disruption to health and care services during industrial action.
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