Overview
- The BMA has scheduled resident doctors to strike from 7am Friday, 14 November, to 7am Wednesday, 19 November, across England.
- Local trusts, including George Eliot, Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Airedale, warn of significant disruption with some elective care and outpatient appointments postponed.
- Patients are advised to use NHS 111 online for non-urgent needs and to reserve 999 and A&E for life‑threatening emergencies.
- Core cover will be in place with some resident doctors while consultants and SAS doctors work differently to maintain patient safety, and emergency departments are expected to be especially busy.
- GP surgeries and dentists are not affected; resident doctors make up about half of NHS doctors, and previous strikes across 49 days led to roughly one million cancellations with public sympathy reported at 26% in July.