Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84239

NHS: Strikes

Tabled: 22 October 2025

Answered: 24 February 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to answer of 11 September 2025, to Question 73326, on NHS: Strikes, if he will make it his policy to prohibit NHS employees who undertake strike action to be paid for work by other NHS bod

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no current plans to prohibit National Health Service employees in England who undertake strike action from being paid for work by other NHS bodies on strike days.NHS staff who are on strike are not prevented by law from working for non-NHS bodie...

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