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    Feb 2023

    Last Updated: 06/02/2023
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    Harrogate ambulance striker: 'Nobody wants to wait three hours to offload patients'

    by John Plummer

    | 06 Feb, 2023
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    Feb 6 2023

    Ambulance workers and nurses formed picket lines within metres of each other in Harrogate today as part of the biggest-ever day of NHS strikes in England.

    Members of the Royal College of Nursing began two days of industrial action outside Harrogate District Hospital on Lancaster Park Road.

    A two-minute walk away, members of the GMB union were huddled around a fire at Harrogate Ambulance Station for a one-day strike due to take place from 6am to midday and from 6pm to midnight.

    Unison ambulance workers are due to strike on Friday.

    Nurses strike Harrogate District Hospital

    The hospital picket line today 



    Laura Faulkener, an ambulance practitioner and GMB rep, told the Stray Ferret patients were more likely to get an ambulance today than on non-strike days because of the measures put in place to respond to the most serious incidents.

    Asked why the GMB was striking, Ms Faulkner said:

    "There's been a lot of focus on pay but it's about conditions, above all.
    "None of us want to wait seven hours in a corridor with patients while they wait to be seen."


    She said the situation was particularly bad at York Hospital but paramedics could still be left looking after patients in the back of ambulances for three or hour hours at Harrogate District Hospital while they waited to be treated.

    Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust said in a statement key services continued to operate during the strike and nobody should be put off seeking urgent or emergency care. It added:

    "Patients should continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to reschedule."


    https://twitter.com/HarrogateNHSFT/status/1622550773400756224

     



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