Striking staff say the dispute is about pay and working conditions in the NHS.
Pickets were outside ambulance stations across Yorkshire including Sutton Fields in Hull
Members of the Unison and GMB unions are taking action after rejecting the government's 4% pay offer. Paramedic Chris Whitehead, who joined the picket line outside Hoyland Ambulance Station in Barnsley, said the dispute was not just about pay."Now I'm lucky if I can do two. We're often queueing outside hospitals for hours."Paramedic Chris Whitehead from Barnsley said waiting times outside hospitals had increasedThere was previous industrial action on 21 December.
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