A PLANNED strike by health workers on Thursday has been called off following a breakthrough in talks.
Union leaders decided to suspend the industrial action after the Government offered a 1% pay increase to most NHS staff.
While the lowest paid staff will get an extra £200 a year, minimum pay levels will rise to £15,100 in a deal that will cost the NHS an estimated £450million.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt had warned that plans by paramedics to strike could endanger lives and affect patient safety “to an unacceptable level”.
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