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Resident Doctors: Strikes

Commons · Question 73479 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

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

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Sep 2025

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 ...