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ENGLAND — Thousands of health workers, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff, have taken part in the first strike over pay for more than 30 years.
But disruption was minimised after unions agreed staff would make sure emergency care was covered.Workers from seven trade unions took part from 07:00 to 11:00 BST in England, while two unions were involved in Northern Ireland.
The strike is being followed by four-days of work-to-rule from Tuesday. This is expected to involve staff refusing to do overtime without extra pay and insisting on taking their breaks.
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