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Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) clinical oncology workforce shortages and (b) staffing levels on the adoption of innovative cancer treatments by NHS Trusts.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
17 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) clinical oncology workforce shortages and (b) staffing levels on the adoption of innovative cancer treatments by NHS Trusts.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    We are building our cancer workforce. As of June 2025, there are over 1,800 full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the speciality of clinical oncology in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England. This is almost 440, or...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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