Today's industrial action marks the first time the two groups have staged stoppages on the same day
Today's industrial action - expected to be the biggest strike in the history of the NHS - marks the first time the two groups have staged stoppages on the same day during the current wave of disputes convulsing public services.
Ambulance crews and call handlers will return to work tomorrow but are then due to walk out again on Friday. NHS Providers chief executive Julian Hartley said they understood why so many of their staff had reached a"tipping point" as he urged ministers to sit down with unions to thrash out a settlement.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay repeated his call for the unions to call off their action as he insisted the government could not give in to above-inflation pay claims.
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