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<p>Health Education England published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December
2017, which commits to an expansion in the cancer workforce. The recommendations from
this plan include actions to ensure there are enough staff with the right skills to
deliver the funded activity set out in the Cancer Taskforce Strategy by 2021, and
focuses on priority professions to do this.</p><p> </p><p>HEE intends to produce a
longer-term strategy that looks at the workforce needs beyond 2021. This planning
is now being fully aligned with the National Health Service long term plan and associated
ambitions for further development of cancer services. This will include exploring
sustainable growth beyond 2021 in key professions through continued investment in
training places, with a greater focus on attracting and retaining students and improving
the numbers of qualified professionals who go on to work in the NHS.</p>
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