Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85257

Resident Doctors: Industrial Disputes

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 13 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forecast he has made of the cost to the public purse of the planned strike of resident doctors from 14 to 19 November 2025.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The five-day resident doctor strike in July 2025 had an estimated cost to the National Health Service of approximately £240 million, and this is a starting estimate for the planned November strike. The costs were lower than in July 2024 as a result of low...

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