Upcoming Industrial Action: August 2023
•Junior doctors will be striking from 7am on Friday 11 August until 7am on Tuesday 15 August.
•Consultant doctors will be striking from 7am on Thursday 24 August until 7am on Saturday 26 August.
The NHS is facing another period of significant disruption this week, with potentially thousands more appointments and procedures postponed due to the latest round of industrial action by junior doctors. The following strike dates are:
To date around 778,000 hospital appointments across the NHS have been disrupted due to strikes, with over 458,000 staff shifts interrupted. Previous action by junior doctors saw up to 20,000 staff off per day due to industrial action and the most recent industrial action by junior doctors in July saw 102,000 hospital appointments disrupted over five days.
Regardless of any strike action taking place, it is really important that patients who need urgent medical care continue to come forward as normal, especially in emergency and life-threatening cases - when someone is seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk. The NHS have confirmed that they will continue to prioritise emergency care during industrial action. They have said that the public should continue to use 999 in life threatening emergencies and NHS 111 online for other health concerns.
You can use the Get to know, where to go tool here for information on finding the right NHS service.
For further information about the strike action being taken by medical professionals, go to the NHS website here.
