Striking ambulance workers have warned patients frustrated by NHS delays are “transferring aggression” onto paramedics.<br /><br />It comes as medics staged the third ambulance walkout during the current spate of industrial action, which has seen nurses, train drivers, postal workers and university staff down tools.<br /><br />Staff in three unions - GMB, Unison and Unite - are striking in a dispute over pay, with non-life threatening emergency calls such as falls in icy conditions not being attended.<br /><br />The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a Level 3 cold alert until Friday, with health warnings for vulnerable patients, and those over 65 urged to heat their homes to 18C.<br /><br />Paramedics manned a picket line at Waterloo ambulance station today (Monday, January 23) and vowed to continue the fight amid fears over patient safety, pay and conditions.<br /><br />Antonia Gosnell, who has worked for the London Ambulance Service (LAS) for 33 years, told LondonWorld: “It’s been a hard decision but the right one. We’ve been pushed to this point.”
