Among those supporting a mass walk out were 999 call staff, ambulance technicians and paramedics servicing the North East, North West, South West, Yorkshire and London.
Steve Barclay has claimed strikes are in nobody s best interests as ambulance staff are set to stage their first walk-outs for 30 years. He slammed the strikes ahead of a challenging winter .
The Royal College of Nursing today revealed its members will only strike at half of the sites in England that have secured a mandate for industrial action.