Ambulance phone operators begin strikes
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Ambulance phone operators have begun refusing to process transfer calls for patients being discharged from New South Wales hospitals.
The workers have agreed to begin the industrial action this afternoon after pay negotiations with the Health Department stalled.
The United Services Union says the work ban is likely to lead to a backlog of non-emergency patients occupying hospital beds.
It is hoping the Health Department will be pressured into returning to the negotiating table.
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