Ambulance staff are again preparing to strike across Shropshire, after new figures revealed the ongoing shortage of GPs in the county.
Some paramedics and emergency control workers are expected to walk out tomorrow in the latest action over pay and conditions.And further strikes are planned for later this month.to help patients in Shropshire than 12 months ago. The fall comes despite a Government pledge to recruit thousands of GPs by 2025.
The bitter dispute between NHS workers and the Government looks set to continue after talks were branded an “insult”. WMAS Emergency Services Operations Delivery Director, Nathan Hudson, said: “We have had productive discussions with our staffside colleagues to agree that ambulances will respond to the most urgent calls such as cardiac arrests and where a crew requests immediate back up at the scene of a case. Also other life-threatening cases such as heart attacks, strokes, difficulty in breathing and maternity cases.
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