Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96351
Resident Doctors: Strikes
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the impact of the analysis that the July and November five day resident doctors’ strikes are estimated to have cost £500 million by the Office for Budget Responsibili
Answer
Karin SmythWe stand by the approximate £500 million figure as a reasonable estimate of the combined cost of resident doctor strikes so far this year in July and November 2025. This figure is based on actual costs from July 2025, approximately £240 million, and an in...
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