Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77194

Cancer: Health Services

Tabled: 15 September 2025

Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Helen Morgan

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

Answer

Karin Smyth

We are building out the cancer workforce. As of June 2025, there are over 1,800 full time equivalent doctors working in the speciality of clinical oncology in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England. This is almost 440, or 3...

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