Resident Doctors Industrial Action December 2025 - What you need to know
Resident doctors in England will be taking industrial action from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22 December.
We are working hard to make sure we can continue the safe delivery of our clinical services on the strike days.
Your appointments
Our teams will contact you directly if we need to re-schedule your appointment and will do this as quickly as possible.
If you have an appointment and have not been contacted, please assume this is going ahead and attend your appointment.
If we have not contacted you, please attend your appointment as planned. The NHS will contact you if your appointment needs to be rescheduled due to strike action.
On our wards
A lot of planning and preparation has been put in place to ensure we can continue to deliver safe, effective and high-quality care. However, there may be some changes that you may see on the wards and in our services during this time.
While we have taken steps to ensure there is senior medical cover for all our wards and services, the reduction in the number of doctors available means we will need to prioritise urgent and emergency care, so some of our services, including our wards, may not run exactly in the way you may have come to expect and there may be some changes.
For example, ward rounds could be shorter, and some routine reviews postponed until the following week.
Please be assured that we are doing everything we can to ensure the smooth running of our services and your ward team will update you on any changes.
If you have any concerns or questions please do talk to the ward manager.
Getting help
Regardless of any strike taking place, it is really important that people who need urgent mental health support reach out to our crisis lines:
- Adult crisis line: Call 0800 731 2864 and choose option 1 to speak to our local mental health crisis line.
- Children and young people support line: If you are a young person or the parent/carer of a young person, you can call our support line on 0800 731 2862.
- NHS 111 online: Search for mental health urgent support on the NHS 111 website.
Help is available if you, or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis. You can find more information on support available here.
Help is available if you, or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis. You can find more information on support available here: www.slam.nhs.uk/crisis
