Industrial Action at Milton Keynes University Hospital

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that junior doctors in England will take further industrial action with a full 96-hour stoppage of work next week. Continuous strike action – day and night – will begin at 06:59 on Tuesday 11 April until 06:59 on Saturday 15 April.

At Milton Keynes University Hospital

There is no change to urgent and emergency care. If your condition is serious or life threatening, call 999 or go to the Emergency Department. If you need medical help on these days but it’s not serious or life-threatening, please contact your GP, visit your local pharmacist, call 111 or consult www.nhs.uk.

Due to the expected increased pressures on the hospital during this time, waiting times may be longer than usual and elective (planned) care appointments (including operations, procedures, and outpatient clinics) will be postponed and rearranged for a different date.

If you have a planned operation, procedure, or outpatient appointment on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday we will contact you if it needs to be rearranged. If you have not been contacted, please attend as planned. Full details of the impact at MKUH will be shared on our website and across our social media channels.

In all cases priority will be given to those patients with the most pressing health needs.

The hospital’s advice is:

• If you have a planned operation, procedure, or outpatient appointment on Tuesday – Saturday we will contact you if it needs to be rearranged.
• If your condition is serious or life threatening, call 999 or go to Accident and Emergency
• If you need medical help on these days but it’s not serious or life-threatening, please contact your GP, visit your local pharmacist, call 111 or consult nhs.uk.

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