Updated 20 March 2023.

A joint letter from Prof Sir Stephen Powis and Sir David Sloman giving guidance on mitigating and managing the industrial action.

Published 31 March 2023.

A joint letter from Professor Philip Banfield, BMA Council Chair and Professor Steve Powis, National Medical Director, NHS England setting out the arrangements for asking a group of junior doctors to return to work during the period of industrial action lasting from 0700 on Monday 13 March until 0700 on Thursday 16 March 2023.

Published 11 March 2023.

This letter outlines the approach to pre-action assurance and to capturing workforce and activity impacts of industrial action by junior doctors [British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA)], and by hospital dental trainees [British Dental Association (BDA)] from 6:59 am on the 13 March to 6:59 am on the 16 March.

Published 7 March 2023.

Letter to integrated care boards and trusts regarding planning for industrial action by junior doctors.

Accessible web pages.

Published 27 February 2023.

Letter to integrated care boards (ICBs) and trusts to confirm that the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will be asking its members in all NHS organisations for which it has a mandate, to participate in strike action from Wednesday 1 March to Friday 3 March 2023.

Published 16 February 2023.

Letter from Stephen Groves, Director of NHS Resilience, NHS England about two SitRep data collections on the Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) data collection tool.

Published 10 February 2023.

Letter from Stephen Groves, Director of NHS Resilience, NHS England about two SitRep data collections on the Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) data collection tool.

Published 1 February 2023.

Letter from Stephen Groves, Director of NHS Resilience, NHS England about two SitRep data collections on the SDCS data collection tool.

16 December 2022.

Letter from Sir David Sloman, Dr Vin Diwakar and Dame Ruth May, regarding the industrial action due to take place during the week commencing 6 February 2023.

Published 27 January 2023.

Letter from Sir David Sloman, Chief Operating Officer; Professor Sir Stephen Powis, National Medical Director and Dame Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer regarding the industrial action by ambulance services on 21 and 28 December 2022.

16 December 2022.

Letter to integrated care boards (ICBs), trusts, and regional directors regarding the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) industrial action that will be taking place on Thursday, 15 December and Tuesday, 20 December 2022.

This letter outlines the data collection NHS England will be conducting during the strikes.

9 December 2022.

Letter to integrated care boards (ICBs), trusts, and regional directors regarding the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) industrial action that will be taking place on Thursday, 15 December and Tuesday, 20 December 2022.

28 November 2002.

Update on being prepared for industrial action. Web accessible version.

22 November 2022.

Accessible version.

2 November 2022.

Data on industrial action by junior doctors who are members of The British Medical Association (BMA), The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA), and Members of the British Dental Association (BDA) who are hospital dentists employed on a junior doctor contract. The data covers rescheduled  elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data also shows the number of staff reported as absent from work due to taking action.

Published 17 March 2023.

Data on industrial action by members of Unite at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust on 2 March. The data covers rescheduled  elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data also shows the number of staff reported as off work for the affected trusts.

Published 8 March 2023.

Data on industrial action by ambulance workers who are GMB members at seven ambulance trusts, ambulance workers who are members of Unite at two ambulance trusts, and GMB members from East Suffolk and North  Essex NHS Foundation Trust on 20 February, GMB members at West Midlands Ambulance Service on 17 February, and GMB members at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust on 13 February. The data covers rescheduled elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data also shows the number of staff reported as off work for the affected trusts.

This is data reported by ambulance trusts where industrial action by members of Unison took place on 10 February and data reported on rescheduled elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work for the affected trusts and data for the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

This is updated data reported by trusts where industrial action by members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy took place on 9 February. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work for the affected trusts and data for the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

This is updated data reported by trusts where industrial action by members of Unite/GMB and the Royal College of Nursing took place on 6 and 7 February. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work for the affected trusts and data for the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

This is data reported by trusts where industrial action by members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy took place on 9 February. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work for the affected trusts and data for the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

This is updated rescheduled data reported by trusts where industrial action by members of Unite/GMB and the Royal College of Nursing took place on 6 and 7 February. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work for the affected trusts and data for the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

This is data reported by trusts where industrial action by members of Unite/GMB and the Royal College of Nursing took place on 6 and 7 February and data reported on rescheduled elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work for the affected trusts and data for the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

This is data reported by trusts where industrial action by members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy took place on 26 January and data reported on rescheduled elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work for the 30 affected trusts and data for the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

This is data reported by ambulance trusts where industrial action took place on 23 and 24 January and data reported on rescheduled elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work due to industrial action and the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

NB: For the Workforce section please note: The data also shows the number of staff absent following the Unison industrial action in Liverpool on 23 January.

Letter from Stephen Groves regarding industrial action by members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists union.

Published 25 January 2023.

This is data reported by trusts where Royal College of Nursing strike action took place on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 January 2023. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work due to industrial action and the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

Letter from Stephen Groves, Director of NHS Resilience, NHS England about two SitRep data collections on the SDCS data collection tool.

This is data reported by ambulance trusts and hospitals where industrial action took place on 11 January and data reported on rescheduled elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work due to industrial action and the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

NB: For the rescheduled data please note:

• 12% – or 15 trusts – did not submit rescheduled activity data.

This is data reported by ambulance trusts and hospitals where industrial action took place on 21 December and data reported on rescheduled elective procedures and hospital appointments. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work due to industrial action and the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

NB: For the Rescheduled data please note:

• 20% of trusts didn’t submit today (22/12/2022).
• RCN affected organisations also submitted rescheduled data yesterday, and some of these trusts have only submitted additional rescheduled activity today, so some data already reported yesterday has been excluded.
• The data we have collected is in respect of all industrial action this week, not just the ambulance strikes taking place yesterday.

Published 22 December 2022

This is data reported by trusts where Royal College of Nursing strike action took place on 20 December 2022. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work due to industrial action and the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

Published 21 December 2022.

This is data reported by trusts where Royal College of Nursing strike action took place on 15 December 2022. The data shows the number of staff reported as off work due to industrial action and the number of inpatient procedures and outpatient appointments, that were due to take place on the day, which required rescheduling. Please note this is provisional data as reported by the trusts.

Published 16 December 2022.