Almost 2,000 GMB Union ambulance workers across the North West will walk out on Monday (February 6) in a dispute over pay.

Paramedics, Emergency Care Assistants, call handlers and other staff will stage pickets across the region, with staff in East Lancashire encouraged to join colleagues on the picket lines.

The industrial action coincides with strike action by nurses and some picket lines will see ambulance workers line up next to their nursing colleagues.

In East Lancashire, staff will take to the picket line once again outside Burnley General Hospital.

Workers across the ambulance service voted to strike over the government’s imposed four per cent  pay award and are furious over the government’s apparent attempts to ‘smear’ them over life and limb cover on strike days.

Strikes are to take place between 00.01am and 11.59pm with picket lines operating from 7am until 7pm.

Picket addresses are as follows:

  • The Fazakerley Ambulance Station, Lower Ln, Fazakerley, Liverpool L9 7AE
  • Lancaster Fire and Rescue Lancaster Fire and Ambulance Station, Cable St, Lancaster LA1 1HH
  • Burnley General Teaching Hospital, Casterton Ave, Burnley BB10 2PQ
  • Alfred Barrow Health Centre, Duke St, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 2LB
  • Chorley, Highfield Industrial Estate, North St, Chorley PR7 1QD
  • Skelmersdale NHS Ambulance Station, 4, 6 Westgate, Skelmersdale WN8 8AZ
  • Wallasey Ambulance Station, 186A Liscard Rd, Liscard, Wallasey CH44 5TN
  • Arrow Park Ambulance Station, Birkenhead, Wirral CH49 5PE, UK
  • Heswall Ambulance Station, 268 Telegraph Rd, Heswall, Wirral CH60 7SG
  • Ellesmere Port Ambulance Station, Coronation Rd, Ellesmere Port CH65 9AB
  • Macclesfield Ambulance station, 143 Chester Rd, Macclesfield SK11 8PT
  • Whiston Hospital, Warrington Rd, Rainhill, Prescot L35 5DR

Industrial action by North West Ambulance Service staff is planned on the following dates in February:

  • Monday, February 6 - Unite and GMB members only
  • Friday, February 10 – Unison members only
  • Thursday, February 16 - GMB members only
  • Monday, February 20 - GMB members only
  • Wednesday, February 22 - Unite members only

Dr David Levy, medical director at NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, which organises health services for the region, said there is likely to be significant service disruption and has urged people to make NHS 111 Online their first port of call for non-emergency health needs.

Dr Levy said: “The NHS has tried and tested plans in place to mitigate risks to patient safety and manage any disruption but there is likely to be a disruption to services across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

“We ask people to use services wisely during industrial action and take simple steps to help ensure care is available to those who need it most.

"This includes using NHS 111 online as the first port of call for health needs and continuing to only use 999 if it is a life-threatening emergency.

“Ambulances will still be able to respond in these situations, but this may only be where there is an immediate risk to life.

"There will be fewer ambulances on the roads during industrial action, with the NHS prioritising those with life-threatening needs.

“If your conditions are not life-threatening you are unlikely to get an ambulance on strike days.

"Not all hospitals are impacted, but please check your local services for information about any disruption.”