Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99233

NHS: Strikes

Tabled: 11 December 2025

Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of cancelled annual leave days as a result of strike action in the NHS since July 2024.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department has made no estimate of the number of cancelled annual leave days as a result of strike action in the National Health Service. Information is not held centrally on the level of cancellation of annual leave of NHS staff, including for the re...

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