If you have an appointment or procedure booked, please attend the department as normal unless you have been contacted and told not to. Regardless of any strike action taking place, it is important that patients who need urgent medical care continue to come forward as normal, especially in emergency and life-threatening situations, such as when someone is seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk. Regardless of any strike action taking place, it is important that patients who need urgent medical care continue to come forward as normal, especially in emergency and life-threatening situations, such as when someone is seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk