Written questions

Blood Cancer: Staff

Commons · Question 48731 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

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

Answered by Karin Smyth, 6 May 2025

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...