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Written question asked by Laurence Robertson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 July 2019 (named day). It was answered by Seema Kennedy (Conservative) on Monday, 15 July 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Cancer: Health Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to employ more staff working on cancer (a) prevention, (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment in the NHS after 2021; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The interim NHS People Plan, published on 3 June 2019, puts the workforce at the heart of the National Health Service and will ensure we have the staff needed to deliver high quality care. A final People Plan will be published soon after the conclusion of the 2019 Spending Review.

The Cancer Workforce Plan for England, published in December 2017 by Health Education England (HEE), set out plans to expand capacity and skills in the cancer workforce, including targeting additional training support for seven priority professions which are key to cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, such as clinical radiology, histopathology, oncology and diagnostic and therapeutic radiography. HEE will now work with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications of further development of cancer services. This work will inform the final People Plan.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
275661
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Cancer Health services NHS Recruitment
Link
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