Public urged to use ‘common sense’ as ambulance workers strike

People should drive suspected stroke victims to hospital during the ambulance strike on Wednesday if they think it is safe to do so, a top doctor said.Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, also warned that patients are already dying because of delays in the NHS.The ambulance walk-outs have come at the “worst time,” he added, with the health service already under huge strain from Strep A, Covid and flu.Hundreds of paramedics were taking part in industrial action from midday to midnight on Wednesday in London.