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Doctors Return to Work After Five-Day Strike as UK Health Minister Vows to Prevent Further Strikes

Health Secretary Wes Streeting aims to end strikes by year-end amid a 5-day walkout that disrupted NHS services during a flu surge, with 65% of doctors striking, BMA said.

  • On Monday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting pledged to do all he can to avoid industrial action as resident doctors in England returned to work at 7am after a five-day walkout.
  • The walkout protested pay, training and job-security disputes after BMA members rejected a government offer on training and job security, while the BMA demanded an extra 26% pay rise the health secretary said was unaffordable.
  • Hospitals canceled thousands of outpatient appointments and redeployed senior doctors amid flu patient figures rising 18% to over 3,000, increasing pressure on services.
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Doctors return to work as hospitals work to recover from strike disruption

Health experts have warned that the impact of the strike will be felt into the new year ‘and beyond’.

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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