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UK ambulance service struggles in winter health care crisis

Ambulances are parked outside St Thomas' Hospital, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Some 10000 ambulance staff have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, along with a possible 100,000 nurses going on strike on Dec1. 5, leading the Government to set up contingency plans to cope with a wave of walkouts with Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden in charge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) An ambulance is parked outside Portcullis House, backdropped by the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Some 10000 ambulance staff have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, along with a possible 100,000 nurses going on strike on Dec1. 5, leading the Government to set up contingency plans to cope with a wave of walkouts with Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden in charge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) An ambulance drives past St Thomas' Hospital, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Some 10000 ambulance staff have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, along with a possible 100,000 nurses going on strike on Dec1. 5, leading the Government to set up contingency plans to cope with a wave of walkouts with Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden in charge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) An ambulance drives past St Thomas' Hospital, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Some 10000 ambulance staff have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, along with a possible 100,000 nurses going on strike on Dec1. 5, leading the Government to set up contingency plans to cope with a wave of walkouts with Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden in charge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Ambulances are parked outside St Thomas' Hospital, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Some 10000 ambulance staff have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, along with a possible 100,000 nurses going on strike on Dec1. 5, leading the Government to set up contingency plans to cope with a wave of walkouts with Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden in charge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) An ambulance is parked outside Portcullis House, backdropped by the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Some 10000 ambulance staff have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, along with a possible 100,000 nurses going on strike on Dec1. 5, leading the Government to set up contingency plans to cope with a wave of walkouts with Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden in charge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) An ambulance is parked outside St Thomas' Hospital, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Some 10000 ambulance staff have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, along with a possible 100,000 nurses going on strike on Dec1. 5, leading the Government to set up contingency plans to cope with a wave of walkouts with Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden in charge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
UK ambulance service struggles in winter health care crisis