Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2022 Workforce Census, what assessment he has made of the shortage in the NHS clinical oncology workforce on (a) radiotherapy waiting times, (b) patient outcomes and (c) staff well-being.

No such assessment has been made. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) was published on 30 June 2023. Backed by over £2.4 billion of Government investment over the next five years, the LTWP will put the workforce on a sustainable footing for the long term.