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Resident Doctors: Industrial Disputes

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 July 2025UIN 66604

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) operations and (b) outpatients appointments that will be cancelled if resident doctors strike on 25 July 2025.

Answered by Karin Smyth

No formal assessment has been made of the possible industrial action by resident doctors on 25 July 2025.

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