Blood Cancer: Health Professions
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) haematologists and (b) haemato-oncologists work in the NHS; and what the target numbers are for those professions.
Answered by Karin Smyth
As of January 2025, there are 2,181 full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the specialty of haematology across National Health Service trusts and integrated care boards in England. This includes 1,025 FTE consultant haematologists.
The Department does not hold information on the number of haemato-oncologists. No specific targets have been set for the number of staff in these medical specialties. Appropriate levels of staffing will be decided by local system workforce planning.
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