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A private firm believes it could help, but an economist says this could be risky for the NHS.

Striking ambulance workers in Bournemouth received plenty of support from passing motorists, as the UNISON and GMB unions went on strike over pay.

EXCLUSIVE: Nursing union told to stop politicising wards by pressuring patients to say they support strikes. Tory MP said advice issued by the union could leave patients afraid of nurses.

An ambulance trust in the North West of England issued an urgent plea begging members of the public to take people to hospital themselves if possible with paramedics stuck outside hospitals.

A Unison officer warned: 'If the Government don't start talking to us the staff will get increasingly frustrated with this war against them'

The move comes as ministers hold an emergency Cobra meeting on the wave of industrial action.

Members from Unison, Nipsa and GMB have taken to picket lines at hospitals and other health service facilities across Northern Ireland. Nurses will strike as part of UK-wide action on Thursday.

Alan Lofthouse, of Unison, claimed individual NHS staff may choose not to save patients lives during strikes. Life and limb care refers to responding to critical medical events like a cardiac arrest.

Health minister Will Quince said cabs could be used for category 3 and 4 calls, which include patients who have fallen or have diarrhoea, on on December 21 and 28.