Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73479

Resident Doctors: Strikes

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for resident doctor strikes since July 2024.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The National Health Service makes every effort through rigorous contingency planning to minimise disruption as a result of industrial action and its impact on patients and the public.Resident doctors in England went on strike for five days from Friday 25 ...
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