it depends on where they are. a&e will be staffed as normal. in patient wards will be seeing minimum staffing levels, the kind of care you would get on a night shift. in the community they are doing christmas day levels of service. focusing energies on the important things like palliative care. to give you a sense of scale, scotland has paused its strike action because it has a new pay offer from the government. in england, a quarter of trusts will have these picket lines. really the message for the public is the majority of the nhs is open if you need it. if there is an emergency, call emergency. otherwise iii emergency, call emergency. otherwise iii or your gp. emergency, call emergency. otherwise iii oryour gp. if emergency, call emergency. otherwise iii or your gp. if you have a medical appointment planned, please turn up for it as normal unless told otherwise. and if you want to find out whether your local services