Blog: A message to ambulance strikers on a difficult day

Today’s strikes across the NHS are not taken lightly, and not celebrated, but the government must take serious heed.
UNISON members at two Liverpool hospitals walked out at 7.30am and ambulance road crews across five trusts will start their strike action at 12 noon, as part of our dispute over pay and staffing.
Much planning has gone into contingency arrangements that have been agreed through negotiations with local employers and NHS staff. The same staff who have put so much hard work int