Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 48731

Blood Cancer: Staff

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with blood cancer (a) charities, (b) academic institutions and (c) professional bodies to improve recruitment and retention in the blood cancer workforce.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...

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