Industrial action by ambulance service staff 18 – 23 March now suspended

Further to our updates this week, we can confirm industrial action by all three ambulance trade unions (Unite, GMB and Unison) between 18 – 23 March have now been suspended. This is after the Government continued talks with trade unions and proposed a formal pay offer earlier today (Thursday 16 March) which will now be consulted on with Trade Union members.

We are now able to fully stand down all arrangements that were put in place to mitigate the impact of the strike.

We are grateful to colleagues both on and off the picket lines, and in the trade unions, as well as system partners for all their support and collaboration throughout industrial action, ensuring that we continued to respond to patients in need of an emergency response.

More information is available on our website www.nwas.nhs.uk/news/ia/