Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 20 April 2026.
John Hayes
Conservative, South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of operations (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for longer than one month as a result of industrial action by resident doctors in (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold data centrally on the number of operations cancelled or delayed for longer than one month specifically as a result of industrial action by resident doctors.
NHS England routinely publishes information on postponed inpatient and outpatient appointments during periods of industrial action, and this information will be published in due course. Further information will be available at the following link:
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