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UK health secretary warns of disruption to services during ambulance strike

Barclay criticises unions’ reluctance to agree deal on emergency cover levels

UK health secretary Steve Barclay on Wednesday warned of “disruption” to NHS services in light of walkouts by ambulance workers across England and Wales over pay and working conditions.

The minister urged the public to call 999 in the case of life-threatening incidents, but said the ambulance service could be put under pressure because of the lack of national consistency in strike cover.

“There is an agreement with the trade union in terms of the most serious calls,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “But it is clear that there will be disruption in terms of other calls.”

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