Health Professions: Industrial Disputes
Commons · Question 241 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 May 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS and wider public sector of industrial action by doctors and other healthcare workers since July 2024; what assessment he has made of the impact of t
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 May 2026
Since the agreement made with resident doctors in July 2024 there have been four rounds of strikes. The resident doctors have been on strike for five days each in July, November, and December 2025, and for six days in April 2026. These have an estimated t...