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Resident Doctors: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider making resident doctors subject to legislation preventing strike action.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
15 Jul 2025
Answer
22 Jul 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider making resident doctors subject to legislation preventing strike action.

  2. 15 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has no plans to pursue legislative measures to prevent strike action by any National Health Service workforce group.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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