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<p>Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in
December 2017 and is making significant additional investment in the cancer workforce,
£8.6 million in 2018/19. HEE intended to publish a second phase, longer-term strategy
that looked at the cancer workforce needs beyond 2021. This work was started and stakeholders
from within the National Health Service and the charitable sector contributed to the
early discussions. This work has since been superseded by publication of the NHS Long
Term Plan in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State
for Health and Social Care has subsequently commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working
closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS
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>
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