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<p>Information on the numbers of cancer patients that do not access emotional support
services is not routinely collected.</p><p>The NHS Cancer Programme aims to improve
access to cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) for all cancer patients when they
need it, including those with secondary breast cancer. The new NHS Long Term Plan
commitment is that all patients, including those with secondary cancers, will have
access to the right expertise and support, including a CNS or other support worker
by 2021.</p><p>Following publication of the Long Term Plan, Health Education England
is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce
implications for further development of cancer services. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary
of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding to lead
a number of programmes to engage with key National Health Service interests to develop
a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed
proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, including staff working on cancer, consider
additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS
and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p><p>The latest published dataset
on the number of patients with secondary breast cancer is for 2016. All 140 NHS trusts
who were expected to submit data on the number of patients with secondary breast cancer
did so.</p>
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