are voters going to be blaming? will it be the people taking strike action will they be saying that government should sort this out? what about the practical effects of calling in emergency support during strike action? i m joined now by former national police lead for civil contingencies, paul netherton, who represented the police and home office in cobra meetings on major incidents and emergencies including the covid pandemic. the government have been spelling out today that they are prepared for this wave of winter industrial action. ~ ., ., this wave of winter industrial action. ., ., . , action. what sort of contingencies will they be action. what sort of contingencies will they be making? will they be making? so the key organisations will have very advanced contingency plans, so particularly the fire service and
have said to me today, isn t it incredulous that, year on year, the lowest paid of our nursing profession has been working in these conditions, coming in every single day to a&e and other parts of the hospital, having to try and firefight with a completely depleted workforce. and when that responsibility is pushed upwards towards ministers and others, they can t survive one single day without having to bring in support, so i would have suggested, if it was such a crisis, why didn t they bring in the military and pharmacists and others to help and support our nursing staff for this past number of years when they have been really struggling to provide the best safe care for our patients. what are the practical steps involved in calling in emergency support during strike action? paul netherton is former national police lead for civil contingencies, and represented the police and home office in cobra meetings on major incidents. he told us what kind of contingency plans might be involved.
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