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they re asking for a rise above inflation, currently at 10.7%, without naming a precise figure, and also a plan for recouping lost earnings over many years. the government wants to stick to a rise of around a% set by the independent pay review body when inflation was much lower. but the action is also about working conditions and pressures on the service. in november in england, it tookjust over nine minutes on average for an ambulance to arrive for a life threatening call against a target of seven minutes. for category two emergency calls, for a heart attack or stroke for example, average waiting times were 30 minutes longer than the target. and, as we ve been reporting for months, there are long delays outside hospitals. by late november, more than 11,000 ambulances spent over an hour stuck in queues outside hospitals every week. so how might any of this be

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