Resident Doctors: Strikes
Commons · Question 73480 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
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
Answered by Karin Smyth, 12 Sep 2025
Industrial 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...