'If people think this is just about money, they are sorely mistaken' - Darren Hall, paramedic.
Paramedics taking strike action outside the Donnington ambulance hub in Telford
All this while pay stagnates, loyal and committed workers find themselves with no choice but to leave, and for those left behind, the workload piles up and the morale sinks lower.At the picket in Donnington, there were members of the workforce on the picket line who have many years of service. "Hospitals can't discharge people who can't be discharged home. We used to have social placements for people and cottage hospitals where they could be looked after, but the infrastructure is not there anymore."
"I would never contemplate anything that puts lives in danger. The NHS is a national treasure and I have given my working life to protect it. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our nursing colleagues, one of whom I saw in tears at a local hospital." Others on the picket line spoke of colleagues leaving their jobs and of being on the brink of going themselves
"Social care and the NHS are underfunded so we cannot provide for then when they need us to," she added. Simon Day, a Shrewsbury-based paramedic who is branch secretary of the GMB Union, said:"We have been gobsmacked. The support has been amazing. People have been making a lot of noise.
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