Hundreds of members of the army, navy and the RAF have been drafted in to cover as paramedics, technicians, control room workers and other staff in England go on strike on Wednesday.
There will be"a few nerves" among military personnel who are missing Christmas leave to drive ambulances during NHS strikes on Wednesday, a senior officer has said.from across the country to help during the walkouts, some of whom have never driven the vehicles before.
"And obviously being military, you just want to do the best you can possibly do on this sort of thing, so I'm sure there will be a few nerves."Members of the armed forces taking part in the two days of training at the barracks said they were"nervous" but"honoured" to cover for ambulance workers, despite having to sacrifice time off.
He added:"An injured civilian is not an injured soldier. An injured soldier knows he is going to get injured. A civilian doesn't know."
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