Ambulance staff strike: Tangmere staff picket outside medical centre

Striking ambulance staff have been pictured picketing outside Tangmere Medical Centre.
By Joe Stack
Published 21st Dec 2022, 16:08 BST
Updated 21st Dec 2022, 16:08 BST
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NHS ambulance staff working for South East Coast Ambulance service have been on strike today (Wednesday, December 21) along with about 10,000 other workers across the country.

The industrial action comes as staff call for better pay.

Rachel Harrison, GMB National Secretary, said: “After twelve years of Conservative cuts to the service and their pay packets, NHS staff have had enough.

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NHS ambulance workers outside Tangmere Medical Centre today
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“The last thing they want to do is take strike action, but the government has left them with no choice.

“Steve Barclay needs to listen and engage with us about pay. If he can’t talk to us about this most basic workforce issue, what on earth is he Health Secretary for?

“The Government could stop this strike in a heartbeat – but they need to wake up and start negotiating on pay.”

South East Coast Ambulance Service has been approached for comment.

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