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Breast Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the shortfall in breast cancer specialists.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 May 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the shortfall in breast cancer specialists.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    We will publish a refreshed workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and treat patients on time again. We will ensure the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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