Resident Doctors: Strikes
Commons · Question 79839 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
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
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Dec 2025
The 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...