North West Ambulance Service staff say they are angry about the resources they are working with.
North West Ambulance Service workers taking part in national strikes have said they are angry about the impact of staffing levels on patient safety.
"We are on corridors, we are on the back of ambulances outside hospitals and this is all down to lack of staff," he said."We need to recruit, we need to retain and we need to invest in our staff," he said.Paramedic Maeve Smith said the ambulance service needed "professional pay"."We need a professional wage that reflects the responsibilities that we take on so that people will want to do this job going forward.
John Richards, assistant general secretary at Unison, said paramedics who are on strike were leaving the picket line to attend high-priority 999 calls.
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