Ambulance strike: Warning of very challenging days ahead

BBC News says Hospitals were quieter than normal during Wednesday’s ambulance strikes, but Thursday is likely to be “very challenging” with lots of patients turning up, health bosses say.

Only the most serious 999 calls were responded to.

But there was no evidence of people going to A&E in taxis or their own cars, NHS Providers told the BBC.

Thousands of paramedics, call handlers and technicians took action in England and Wales on Wednesday.

Saffron Cordery, interim chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts, mental-health trusts and ambulance services in England, said it was still too early to know the full impact of the strike, but she said category-one calls – which are life-threatening situations – “had been answered”.

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