Resident Doctors' industrial action - message from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

11 November 2025

Resident doctors' (formerly known as junior doctors) strike action is planned from 14-19th November 2025.

There is planned industrial action by Resident Doctors from 7am on Friday 14 November until 7am on Wednesday 19 November. We will be providing emergency care as usual but we are likely to have considerably fewer doctors available during this time and as a consequence waiting times will be much longer than normal for less urgent conditions or injuries.

Please note that the Minor Injuries Unit at the Hallamshire Hospital will be closed throughout the period of action. If you need non urgent medical advice or if you are not sure what service you need, please call 111. 111 can also directly book appointments out of hours with a GP. Broad Lane Walk in Centre in the City Centre is also open as normal to provide urgent care without an appointment.

Please help us during this time by:

• Only use A&E if it is an emergency. Alternatives to A&E and information on when A&E is appropriate can be found here - https://www.sth.nhs.uk/sheffield-urgent-care/
• Please make sure you have all the medicines you need so you do not run out during the strike period.
• Please pick up relatives promptly when they are ready to be discharged from our wards, this helps us have the bed ready for the next patient quickly.
• Be kind to our staff, they are doing their very best to help you.

Patients who have planned procedures or appointments should attend as planned unless contacted by us. If your appointment or procedure is postponed, we will rearrange it as quickly as we can.

FLU VACCINATIONS

If you are eligible for a flu vaccination we have ordered one for you so please contact the surgery to book an appointment.

We have clinics on Saturday 4th and Saturday 18th October and at various times throughout the week.

From 1st September 2025:

• pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2025
• all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

From 1st October 2025

• those aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza chapter 19 )
• those in residential care homes
• carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants

All enquiries to the surgery should be submitted through our online form above. Using the online form helps keep our phone lines available for those without internet access or who need additional assistance in contacting the surgery. When the form is unavailable, you can access many of our services using your NHS App.

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Our staff take pride in offering the highest standard of patient-centred care.

In addition to everything you need to know about the practice, you will also find a wealth of health-related information on the website.

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