‘When the NHS goes private, we’ll be paying for ambulances’
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/when-the-nhs-goes-private-we-be-paying-for-ambulances
MORE than 25,000 ambulance workers walked out on strike today as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that it would be “lovely to wave a magic wand” and give them the pay rise they want and deserve.
His pathetic response to the mounting NHS crisis was in stark contrast to the determination and courage displayed by tens of thousands of health workers intent on winning pay justice and on defending the NHS from destruction at Tory hands.
On freezing picket lines across England and Wales, ambulance workers told their own stories of the life-saving jobs they do and the tragic, unnecessary deaths caused by the deliberate run-down of ambulance and health services in what is increasingly believed to be preparation for the Tories’ ultimate privatisation — the NHS.
Members of three unions — Unison, GMB and Unite — took strike action together.
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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/when-the-nhs-goes-private-we-be-paying-for-ambulances