Unite’s members working for the Yorkshire ambulance service are set to take strike action again next month in the dispute over patient safety.
The planned action, which could affect Driffield, is a move by the union against what they say is the continuing refusal of the management at the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust to discuss patient safety.
Unite’s 500 members will stage a 12-hour stoppage on Friday 7 June from 12pm to 12am.
The dispute centres on the trust’s plans to cut the budget by £46 million over the next five years. Unite said the ambulance workloads were increasing month-by-month by as much as 6%.
Unite regional officer Terry Cunliffe said: “The public need to be made aware of the risks that this plan presents which includes the downgrading of the current skill level on NHS frontline vehicles.
“Unite calls for the management to do the mature thing and negotiate in a positive fashion.”
