Question follow-through · 128530
NHS: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restricting NHS staff from striking.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restricting NHS staff from striking.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
An impact assessment was completed and published online by the Department for Business and Trade on the Repeal of the Strikes (Minimum Services Levels) Act 2023. The Government has repealed these restrictions on striking National Health Service staff via ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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