ambulance workers in wales. meanwhile nurses in england will continue their strike tomorrow. physiotherapists in england will then go on strike on thursday, with the week of action ending on friday as some ambulance staff in england take part in another day of industrial action. we ll bring you the very latest from across england and wales this morning. in a moment we ll hear from tomos morgan in cardiff where some ambulance workers are striking, but first let s go to liverpool where we can join our health correspondentjim reed. jim, we are getting used to these scenes of picket lines and disputes. is there any sense that we are getting close to an end of this dispute? ih getting close to an end of this disute? ., , ., dispute? in england it feels not reall if dispute? in england it feels not really if i m dispute? in england it feels not really if i m absolutely - dispute? in england it feels not really if i m absolutely honest. | dispute? in england it feels not i really if i m abs
since records began. it comes as ambulance crews have faced long waits outside a&es when they hand over patients to hospital staff. let s get more on this from our health correspondentjim reed. just to confirm, these are the worst levels in terms of ambulance response times on record ever in england. response times on record ever in encland. ., , response times on record ever in encland. . , , response times on record ever in encland. . , , ., ., england. that s right, this data today gives england. that s right, this data today gives the england. that s right, this data today gives the most england. that s right, this data today gives the most detailed i today gives the most detailed picture of how under pressure the nhs in england was over that crucial december, christmas period. let me take you through what is happening in hospitals. as you said, ambulance response times here, the figures are pretty bad. these are the worst on record. fora pretty bad. these are the worst
news and analysis on those talks from chris and other colleagues , on those talks to try to resolve the strikes on bbc news online that s bbc.co.uk/news and by using the bbc news app. to ease the pressure on nhs hospitals in england, thousands of beds in residential care homes are to be block booked for those medically fit patients currently unable to leave. the health secretary steve barclay said the policy would speed up the handover of patients waiting in ambulances for admission to hospital and in turn would free up more ambulances to respond to call outs. care providers said the policy was no substitute for proper long term planning. our health correspondentjim reed is here with more details. thanks, huw. we know the health service, the nhs, across the whole of the uk, it is under huge pressure at the moment. this blue line here shows the total number of beds in the nhs in england it always hovers around 100,000, as you can see here.
for next week has been called off by the gmb union. that date has now been suspended and a further day of strike action is now planned for 11th january. the union said it was scrapping the action next week so that the public will be able to enjoy christmas without additional anxiety . let s speak to our health correspondentjim reed about the strike involving ambulance staff and paramedics. just tell us what more we know. the gmb was just tell us what more we know. tie: gmb was planning just tell us what more we know. tue: gmb was planning to just tell us what more we know. tt2 gmb was planning to strike across wales and most of england, apart from london and the east of england next week, next wednesday. as you said, that s been scrapped or postponed, pushed back to the 11th of january and postponed, pushed back to the 11th ofjanuary and said. the postponed, pushed back to the 11th of january and said. the reason they gave us so that the public would be able to enjoy christmas withou
with people s christmas plans, after it announced more walk outs over the festive period on top of the strikes already planned for next week. we ll have more on the rail dispute in a moment, first let s hear from our health correspondentjim reed. he told me more about the details of those planned strikes by health sector staff. three different unions have agreed to strike on the same day here in england and wales, december 21st, what is that, four days before christmas? the wednesday before christmas. at that stage, the nhs is normally under quite a bit of pressure you have got christmas parties and so on. as for who is striking, so it s paramedics, ambulance technicians, 999 call handlers. as you said, almost every part of the england and wales. the only exception actually, the east of england ambulance service, the only region not involved in this. as for the impact on patients, well, the unions involved, gmb, unite and unison, say this is only going to affect nonlife threatening