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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Radiology: Recruitment (12 November 2021)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the radiology and oncology workforce.

Asked by:
Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The Spending Review in 2020 provided £260 million to continue to increase the National Health Service workforce and support commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan. This included £52 million in 2021/22 for Health Education England to further invest in the cancer and diagnostics workforce and expanding the postgraduate medical training of key cancer-related medical professions, such as clinical radiologists and oncologists.

Following the outcome of the recent Spending Review, spending plans for individual budgets for 2022/23 to 2024/25, including for the radiology and oncology workforce, will be subject to a detailed financial planning exercise and finalised in due course.


Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
17 November 2021

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