2022–2024 National Health Service strikes

2022 National Health Service strikes
2022 National Health Service strikes
Part of the 2021–present UK cost-of-living crisis and UK industrial disputes and strikes (2022–present)
	Striking nurses, in London, 19 December 2022
Date	6 October 2022 – 18 September 2024
Location	United Kingdom
Caused by	Declining pay, working conditions
Methods	Strikes, overtime bans
Resulted in	Various pay deals and agreements conducted over the period
Parties
Department of Health and Social Care; NHS England; NHS Scotland; NHS Wales; HSC Northern Ireland;	RCN; GMB; UNISON; CSP; RCM; UNITE; BMA;
Lead figures
	Rishi Sunak; Steve Barclay; Victoria Atkins; Will Quince; Humza Yousaf; Eluned Morgan; Pat Cullen; Gary Smith; Christina McAnea; Gill Walton; Sharon Graham; Matt Eames

The 2022–2024 National Health Service (NHS) strikes were a series of concurrent industrial disputes in the publicly funded health services of the United Kingdom.

The disputes related to the several staff groups on the Agenda for Change pay scale, as well as those on the junior doctor and consultant contracts. Rather than a single confrontation, the industrial disputes took place between workers represented by several unions across various jurisdictions and many NHS trusts. This meant that the disputes were each resolved individually over a two year period. An early pay rise offer from the Scottish government avoided long-term industrial action in the area. The bulk of the disputes were resolved by summer 2023, though the junior doctor's strikes continued. Further strikes in Scotland were averted, and a final resolution for doctors in England took place in September 2024.