Strikes Update: How Monday 23 January’s walkouts will affect you

As ambulance workers prepare for another strike, the NHS message is again: only call 999 if you are seriously ill or your condition is life-threatening.

Monday’s strike will affect emergency services in England and Wales.

The action will involve thousands of workers, including paramedics, control room workers and support workers, in a dispute over pay.

You can read more about or watch this report on why people are on strike and below you can find information on how it might affect you.

Thousands of members of the Unison, GMB and Unite unions set out Monday across much of England and Wales, although the east of England will not be affected.

Unison members strike in five regions: London, Yorkshire, South West, North West and North East.

Around 2,600 Unite members are expected to disembark in the North West of England, the West Midlands and the North East, and a further 1,000 will disembark in Wales.

About 1,000 GMB members are on strike in the West Midlands for 24 hours.

Strike start times and lengths vary between emergency services, but most last around 12 hours.

The action will involve all ambulance workers, including call center and control room staff, not just emergency responders.

Unison members in two Liverpool Hospital Trusts are also set to drop out in a dispute over pay on Monday, at Liverpool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the city’s Heart and Chest Hospital.

The strike will include NHS staff other than doctors, meaning staff such as porters, assistants and midwives.

NHS England says priority will be given to those with the most clinically urgent health needs.

The NHS advice reads:

Charlotte McArdle, of the NHS, said: “It’s important that people continue to report for treatment, whether it’s 111 online… or calling 999 in a life-threatening emergency.

“While strikes will affect some services in the local organizations taking action, NHS teams have been working hard to maintain routine care as much as possible.”

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