Industrial action in the NHS

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The information resources below provide latest updates on industrial action in the NHS during 2024 and 2025.

Comms and data relating to previous industrial action from 2022 and 2023 can be accessed via our archive site.

Patient messages

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Accessible content. Updated 22 July 2025.

Letters

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Accessible content. Published 23-24 July 2025.

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Accessible content. Published 18 July 2025.

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Accessible content. Published 22 July 2024.

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Accessible content. Published 14 June 2024.

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Accessible content. Published 19 February 2024.

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Accessible content. Published 12 January 2024.

2022-23

Comms and data relating to previous industrial action from 2022 and 2023 can be accessed via our archive site.

Data

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This is data reported by NHS trusts on industrial action taken by junior doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA) and hospital dental trainees from the British Dental Association (BDA).

BMA junior doctors and BDA trainee dentists took action from 7am on Thursday 27 June 2024 to 7am on Tuesday 2 July 2024.

The data covers rescheduled elective procedures and appointments as well as the number of staff reported as absent from work due to taking industrial action.

Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts and not all trusts were able to supply data on workforce, nor community, mental health and learning disability rescheduled activity.

Published 5 July 2024.

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This is data reported by NHS trusts on industrial action taken by junior doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA).

  • BMA junior doctors took action from 7am on Saturday 24 February 2024 to 11:59 on Wednesday 28 February 2024.
  • HCSA junior doctor members took action from 6:59am on Saturday 24 February 2024 until shifts starting after 7am on Thursday 29 February 2024.

The data covers rescheduled elective procedures and appointments as well as the number of staff reported as absent from work due to taking industrial action.

Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts and not all trusts were able to supply data on workforce, nor community, mental health and learning disability rescheduled activity.

Published 1 March 2024.

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This is data reported by NHS trusts on industrial action taken by junior doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) from 7am on Wednesday 3 January 2024 until 7am on Tuesday 9 January 2024.

The data covers rescheduled elective procedures and appointments as well as the number of staff reported as absent from work due to taking industrial action.

Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts and not all trusts were able to supply data on workforce, nor community, mental health and learning disability rescheduled activity.

Published 10 January 2024.

2022-23

Comms and data relating to previous industrial action from 2022 and 2023 can be accessed via our archive site.