Ambulance strike: Should I call 111 or 999?
Paramedics and emergency call handlers on picket line
The Standard · Rachelle Abbott
January 11, 202310m 23s
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Show Notes
Paramedics working for London Ambulance Service are on strike for the second time this winter in a bitter pay dispute. On Wednesday, they were joined on picket lines by 999 call handlers, with LAS saying just 50 per cent of staff and 200 vehicles are serving the capital.
For the latest, the Leader podcast’s joined by Evening Standard health reporter Daniel Keane, and we discuss:
- When to call 999 or 111
- The government’s anti-strike bill
- Staff morale
- Plans for “virtual wards”
- How the ambulance crisis is impacting NHS treatment
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