One ambulance worker says some colleagues cannot afford 'quality food' and also rely on food banks.
Mr James is an emergency medical technician and has worked for 30 years for the ambulance service, as well as serving as a branch secretary for the union.
The Welsh government has given workers an average pay rise of 4.75%, but with inflation running at more than 10%, unions say this represents a pay cut in real terms. Calls to the service will still be answered and the most urgent, life threatening calls - roughly 15% of the total call volume - will be responded to.The expectation is that many patients - even those who are seriously ill - will simply not get an ambulance response.
"It used to be that you would 'depressurise' on station, but now handovers are so difficult that as soon as you come through that door they're looking to cover jobs.
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