Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doctors’ strikes on the measures in his 10 Year Health Plan.

Whilst the Department has not made a specific assessment, there is data which demonstrates the number of appointments rescheduled because of strike action. This is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/08/nhs-publishes-strike-impact-data-following-a-record-june-for-treatments/

Any resident doctor strike action will undeniably have a damaging effect on patient safety, hospital care, and some of the measures in the 10-Year Health Plan. Strikes are in nobody’s interest and ongoing action puts additional pressure on the National Health Service and staff who continue to work hard to keep services running and provide much needed care to the public.