Almost 650,000 appointments and operations have been postponed due to the wave of strikes which have hit the NHS in England in the run up to its 75th anniversary. The unprecedented strikes have caused widespread disruption across the NHS since December 2022.
The first mass walkout of nurses in history took place in mid December – with ambulance workers, physiotherapists and other health workers following suit in subsequent weeks. In March this year, junior doctors began the first in a wave of strikes, heaping further disruption on the health service.
Some 648,000 appointments, procedures and operations have been postponed as a result of the strikes in England. And as the NHS braces itself for the largest doctors’ strike in its history, just days after its 75th anniversary, further cancellations are inevitable.
