The service urges the public to only call in a genuine emergency.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has said services will be "severely disrupted" as staff take further industrial action later.over pay and conditions.
Mr Smith said YAS had a number of contingency plans in place, but said: "Services will be severely disrupted, with the likelihood of delays in emergency responses and telephone calls to 999 and NHS 111 being answered. Unison has said the government must stop "pretending the strikes will simply go away" and engage in talks, pointing to settlements reached between health unions and the governments in Scotland and Wales."Rishi Sunak says his door is open but without an invite to that mythical negotiating table, NHS staff have no choice but to go on striking."
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said the health secretary had made it clear he wanted to continue "discussing with unions what is fair and affordable".
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