Minimum Service Levels - Is That a Good Idea?

There are arguments for and against minimum service levels during industrial action. The government has made a real push, particularly into the new year to try to do that. We've seen people's lives potentially put in some danger by not having a nationally agreed safety level,. especially when it came to ambulances. On the other hand, when it comes to nurses and the Royal College of Nursing, we found that very responsibly we thought they agreed at national level, the minimum level of safety and service. It was right to leave in ambulance areas down to individual areas, regions, trusts but instead that should be decided at a national level.