NHS elective procedures cancelled or rescheduled per resident doctor on strike, by round of strike action, March 2023 to July 2025

A bar chart from the Institute for Government showing NHS elective procedures cancelled or rescheduled per resident doctor on strike, by round of strike action, March 2023 to July 2025. Cancellations peaked at just over two procedures per doctor during the first strike in March 2023 but have gradually declined as the strikes have continued, reaching around 0.67 by July 2025.

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of NHS England, ‘Potential industrial action in the NHS – impact of various strike actions’, 2022–25.Notes: Figures relate to England. This data can both overstate and understate the number of distinct procedures affected: one elective appointment can be rescheduled multiple times, but hospitals have also started to not schedule appointments during strike periods.Get the dataEmbed Download image

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