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<p><em>Delivering high quality, effective, compassionate care: Developing the right
people with the right skills and the right values - A mandate from the Government
to Health Education England: April 2016 to March 2017</em> (October 2016) states that
Health Education England (HEE) will continue to take forward relevant recommendations
set out in the independent Cancer Task Force report, <em>Achieving World Class Cancer
Outcomes: a strategy for England 2015 - 2020</em>, including working with partners
to develop a vision for the future shape and skills mix of the workforce required
to deliver a modern, holistic patient-centred cancer service and report by December
2016.</p><p> </p><p>Supported by Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support,
HEE has been leading on this recommendation and has completed an initial cancer workforce
baseline review that has been shared and discussed with key stakeholders. The review
is regularly updated with emerging intelligence from Sustainability and Transformation
Plan (STP) areas on the workforce they require to deliver the cancer service challenge.</p><p>
</p><p>In addition, HEE is leading on a major piece of work to address the workforce
challenges in transforming cancer services, which includes a skills mix review. It
has agreed an approach with key stakeholders for the review and will be working through
Local Workforce Action Boards, Vanguards and Cancer Alliances to understand the skills
mix needed for emerging cancer service models. HEE will report back on this work in
March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>HEE will also be working with the National Cancer Transformation
Board’s Living With and Beyond Cancer Oversight Group to understand the workforce
requirements outlined in <em>Implementing the Cancer Taskforce Recommendations: Commissioning
Person Centred Care for People Affected By Cancer</em> (April 2016), including reviewing
good practice in approaches to reduce and managing long term consequences of treatment.
HEE will work with STPs and clinical commissioning groups to support their service
proposals by identifying and addressing the workforce challenges to develop the workforce
to put this guidance into action.</p>
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