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Feb 2023
Ambulance workers in Harrogate district on strike again today
Ambulance workers in the Harrogate district are staging another one-day strike today.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service staff who are members of the GMB union have set-up another picket line outside the ambulance station on Lancaster Park Road in Harrogate, close to the hospital.
Paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff are among those taking part in the industrial action, although ambulance workers will continue to respond to the most serious incidents.
Further ambulance strikes are planned on March 6 and 20 and Harrogate District Hospital will be hit by a two-day nurses' strike beginning on March 1.
GMB national secretary Rachel Harrison urged the government to "talk pay now" and claimed ministers were unwilling to solve the dispute.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the strikes "only cause further disruption for patients" and he remained "keen to keep talking to unions about what is fair and affordable".
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