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celeste

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Ambulance workers to strike again in January.
« on: 21:26:57, 22/12/22 »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64069236?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=

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The health secretary has repeatedly said that ambulance workers have already been given a pay rise recommended by an independent pay review body and that any further increase was unaffordable.

Mr Barclay is said to be keen to focus on settling next year's pay deal[/size] for NHS staff in England, from April 2023, but the unions say strikes are about this year's pay offer, which he is refusing to negotiate on.

The average earnings for ambulance staff in England were £46,643, figures from NHS Digital for April 2021 to March 2022 show.

Of this, £13,854 came from extra payments for things like shift work and overtime.

Workers classed as support staff - such as ambulance technicians and non-emergency ambulance drivers - had average pay of £29,139, of which £7,842 came from extra payments.
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lozflan

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Re: Ambulance workers to strike again in January.
« Reply #1 on: 10:49:10, 23/12/22 »
Back in the days when a car was a rarety,the Ambulence was a chariot,heaven sent.
Today most have a car and some cases can be driven to A@E.
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Re: Ambulance workers to strike again in January.
« Reply #2 on: 02:15:09, 28/12/22 »
I speak from experience. If you need an ambulance nowadays, forget it. Don't bother phoning, they will not come. The NHS is finished, please make alternative arrangements.I had a serious industrial accident. The ambulance driver told me I should have called a taxi and berated me, while in pain and in shock, for wasting their time.
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