Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73480
Resident Doctors: Strikes
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of resident doctor strikes on NHS waiting lists.
Answer
Karin SmythIndustrial action has a significant direct and indirect impact on elective performance and NHS waiting lists.Within the period of industrial action from December 2022 up to February 2024, 430,000 completed pathways (where a patient starts consultant-led t...
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