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Written question asked by Henry Smith (Conservative) on Friday, 2 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 February 2018. It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 February 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Blood Cancer

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS specialist haematological cancer posts have been vacant in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The information is not available in the format requested.

In December Health Education England published a cancer workforce plan for England which sets out how the National Health Service will ensure it has access to the cancer workforce it needs to 2021. The cancer workforce plan is available at the following link:

www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Cancer%20Workforce%20Strategy%20Graphs%20and%20tables%20FINAL.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
126377
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Health professions NHS Vacancies Blood cancer
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk