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Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is being provided to (a) Torbay and (b) Exeter NHS Trusts to recruit and retain specialist cancer nurses and the cancer workforce.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
28 Jan 2026
Answer
30 Jan 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is being provided to (a) Torbay and (b) Exeter NHS Trusts to recruit and retain specialist cancer nurses and the cancer workforce.

  2. 28 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    NHS England has made good progress in growing and developing the cancer and diagnostics workforce.In 2024/25, approximately 8,000 people received training to either enter the cancer and diagnostics workforce or develop in their roles. As part of this, ove...

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