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Can health strikes be averted?
Nurses will walk out on Tuesday and paramedics on Wednesday
Nurses and paramedics will walk out this week in different parts of the UK, apart from Scotland. The Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said he is open to further talks with unions – but they say he won’t engage on the key issue of pay. Today's Justin Webb spoke to Christina McAnea, General Secretary of Unison – the biggest ambulance union - about what they want from the government, and how strikes could affect life-threatening 999 calls.
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