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Why ambulance workers in England and Wales are going on strike

Emergency service workers are set to strike on December 21 2022, to demand better pay. The strike action is happening as the UK is witnessing the worst ambulance handover delays on record. Thousands of patients are having to wait outside AEs up and down the country in the back of…

The Conversation

All the strikes taking place this week across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

A number of strikes will be taking place across multiple sectors

Nottingham Post

Preet Gill calls for public inquiry into patient safety at University Hospitals Birmingham

Exclusive: MP said she received allegations from staff of elderly patients being left in corridors for hours

The Guardian - UK

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Dad snaps BOTH legs while bouncing on trampoline with kids after attempting flip

Robert Harrison was playing around with his children on the trampoline when he felt two "excruciating pops" in his knees. He was rushed to hospital and needed immediate surgery

Daily Mirror

Northern Ireland health trust bosses "deeply distressed" at state of local hospitals outline latest measures

"In the meantime, we cannot passively accept the status quo, with all that it means for patient care and safety"

Belfast Live

Police locate young child seen walking alone in Portishead

She was seen walking on her own in pyjamas and a dressing gown

Bristol Post

Sunak ‘really disappointed’ by NHS strikes in run-up to Christmas

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged unions to consider whether the action was ‘really necessary’.

The Independent UK

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Sick child’s mother rebukes Steve Barclay over NHS staff being ‘worked to the bone’

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose daughter has cystic fibrosis, confronts health secretary during London hospital visit

The Guardian - UK

Skint junior doctors 'cutting back on food and heating' and keeping lights switched off

More than half of junior doctors have struggled with heating and lighting their homes in the past year, a BMA survey found - they are due to vote on striking in January

Daily Mirror

Refunds for invalid NSW Covid fines must be claimed within 21 days, recipients told

Revenue NSW says the money will be transferred into government’s unclaimed money fund after three weeks of inaction

The Guardian - AU

Still time for unions to ‘step back’ on strikes – Downing Street

Strikes by nurses and ambulance workers will mean an ‘incredibly challenging and disrupted’ week, unions said.

The Independent UK

What date is the ambulance drivers' strike and why it's taking place

Members of the GMB, Unison, and Unite unions will stage a strike across England over a pay dispute

Manchester Evening News

Lone six-year-old child spotted wandering streets of town with teddy

The girl was seen wandering the town on Monday morning

Bristol Post

NHS bosses warn of 'extensive disruption' ahead of ambulance and nurses' strikes

Unite boss Sharon Graham said "the unions are not going to blink first"

Liverpool Echo

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Manchester Evening News

The strikes this week, when they are taking place and how they will affect you

Multiple industries will be affected by a flurry of strikes taking place in the run-up to Christmas

Wales Online

Welsh health board declares' critical incident' and cancels all but most urgent procedures

Betsi Cadwaladr UHB is struggling to cope with the 'prolonged, significant demand on the health system in north Wales'

Daily Mirror

Mum's sudden death leaves grieving son, 23, with huge funeral bill and no home

Conrad Wilcox, who shared a council house with his mum Shirley, feels he now needs to ‘step up’ after she died suddenly from a ruptured aneurysm leaving him with nowhere to live

Wales Online

The Welsh ambulance workers strike: How you might be affected and everything you need to know

On strike days, ambulances will only attend an incident if there is an 'immediate risk to life'

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The Independent UK

Tories blamed on grim update for record gynaecology wait times

Women’s health has been ‘consistently deprioritised’, says the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

The Independent UK

‘You’re doing terrible damage’: Steve Barclay confronted by mother of sick daughter over state of NHS

Health secretary grilled over lack of resources for ‘worked to the bone’ staff

Evening Standard

Mother berates Steve Barclay for working health workers ‘to the bone’

A mother, whose daughter has a ‘life-threatening condition’, has challenged Health Secretary Steve Barclay over the way health workers are “being worked to the bone” in an exchange caught on camera at a London hospital.

Daily Mirror

Mum of poorly girl, 3, confronts Health Secretary at bedside over overworked NHS staff

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose three-year-old daughter Lucy has cystic fibrosis, told Steve Barclay staff are 'worked to the bone' and 'the damage you’re doing to families like myself is terrible'

Daily Record

'Sweet and bright' girl, 15, dies suddenly after collapsing at school

The parents of Laila Dawood paid tribute to their daughter after her unexpected passing on December 9.

The Guardian - US

An elderly woman in prison is losing her memory. Why won’t California release her?

The parole board’s refusal to free Janet Carter, 69, is part of what advocates warn is a growing humanitarian crisis across the US

Wales Online

Nurses strike 'could last six months' warns health leader

Chief executive of NHS Providers urged the Government and unions to come to an agreement on pay

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