Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 79839
Resident Doctors: Strikes
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to (a) the NHS and (b) the public purse of the resident doctor strikes in 2025.
Answer
Karin SmythThe five-day resident doctor strike in July 2025 had an estimated cost to the National Health Service of approximately £240 million and this was 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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