A trust report said the number of serious incidents was likely to rise.
East Midlands Ambulance Service workers from the GMB union are taking action as part of a national pay disputeA meeting of an ambulance service trust has heard it is unable to deliver a "consistently safe service".
A trust report said patients were coming to harm "as a direct result" of the delays and the number of serious incidents was likely to rise.Bosses said the lost hours - equivalent to the loss of 74 12-hour staff shifts a day - were due to the difficulty with patients moving through emergency care in hospitals and high numbers awaiting discharge.
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