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Has anyone had experience of works being reduced / canceled due to lack of medical cover?

Last week I attended a Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) HS2 site to conduct a bridge assessment. The assessment was being conducted during the midst of the ambulance strikes which included the local ambulance trust. In receiving the morning brief and emergency procedure / actions on injury briefing it was mentioned twice that the ‘immediate action’ on injury was to call 999 and request an ambulance. When I questioned if high risk activities had been stopped for the day due to the strikes I saw a moment of panic on the on the BBVs engineering staffs faces who, after conferring amongst themselves stated ‘that’s probably an oversight and we will review that now’.