Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114618
Cancer: Consultants
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
Question
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party — Waveney Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Action 25 of the National Cancer Plan, what steps he will take to incentivise medical graduates to accept specialty training posts in rural, coastal and remote areas.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Department will use training more directly as a lever to support improvements in operational performance, prioritising training places in trusts, often those in rural or coastal areas, where vacancy rates are higher and performance is lower. This also...
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