Resident doctors’ industrial action – July 2025
The British Medical Association has announced resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors) will be undertaking industrial action from 6:59am on Friday 25 July until 6:59am on Wednesday 30 July.
As a Trust, we have plans in place to help minimise disruptions such as industrial action, where we can.
Whilst we do aim to minimise disruptions to you, there may be some changes that we need to make to ensure we can prioritise effective and safe care for our communities. If you have a scheduled appointment during the industrial action, please continue to attend. Your care team will contact you should there be a problem and will help to reschedule your appointment.
Our priority is the safety of our service users, patients, carers and of course our colleagues.
We are working closely with our local system partners during this time and have added information around options available to patients across Northamptonshire during strike action:
Patients with urgent health concerns
Anyone who needs urgent care (aged five and over) should use 111.nhs.uk to be assessed and directed to the right care for them. If needed a healthcare professional will call you back and this option can save you time in waiting areas. If you do not have internet access or you are contacting 111 about a patient aged under five, please call 111 instead.
Corby Urgent Care Centre is open every day between 8am and 8pm and can help with minor injuries/ illnesses such as lacerations, sprains, strains, minor burns or scalds.
GP practices will also continue to be open, including the enhanced access service (out of hours) but are also likely to be extremely busy. Please continue to contact your GP practice if you need GP services and the out of hours service can be reached via 111.nhs.uk
Remember you can also book appointments and order repeat prescriptions online or by using the NHS app.
Patients with minor illnesses and injuries
You can get care for a variety of common conditions including middle ear inflammation, impetigo, infected insect bites, shingles, sinusitis, sort throats and UTIs from local pharmacies. They are open late, and no appointment is needed.
Patients who need medical help or advice but are unsure where to go
Patients who need medical help or advice (aged five and over) but are unsure where to go, should contact NHS 111 online unless it unless it is a life-threatening emergency when you should still call 999. If you do not have internet access or you are contacting 111 about a patient aged under five, please call 111 instead.
Patients who have an appointment on strike days
Everyone who has an appointment should attend as planned unless you have been contacted by a member of our team rescheduling your appointment. If we have not contacted you, please attend your appointment.
Patients should continue to call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency - when someone is seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk.
For more information on when to call 999 and when to go to A&E , you can visit the NHS UK website.