Army on standby to help during NHS strike
Troops are on standby in the capital to run the ambulance service. London's paramedics are among NHS workers taking part in a four-hour strike on Monday morning.
NHS workers' four-hour strike begins
London's paramedics are among more than 400,000 health workers expected to be out on strike this morning between 7am and 11am.
Picket lines will be mounted outside hospitals and ambulance stations across England for four hours from 7am, while action will be taken later today in Northern Ireland.
Military personnel and the police have been brought in to provide ambulance cover in the capital.
Several trade unions will be involved in the action, including those representing nurses, paramedics, hospital porters and ambulance crews as well as the Royal College of Midwives.
The dispute involves over 400,000 NHS staff, who have been hit by pay freezes or below inflation rises since the coalition came to power in 2010.
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