Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to include radiologists and interventional radiologists in the NHS workforce strategy to ensure there are sufficient numbers of trained interventional radiologists to deliver interventional oncology therapies.

The Government has committed to publishing a workforce plan next year, which will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years, including radiologists and interventional radiologists.

Health Education England are implementing the priorities identified in the cancer workforce plan phase one and are investing an additional £50 million in 2022/23 to expand the cancer and diagnostics workforce, including postgraduate medical training of cancer-related medical professions, such as diagnostic and interventional radiologists.