Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-10-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to enable more radiologists to be trained and approved to carry out breast cancer mammogram imagery.
Mr Philip Dunne
Training and recruitment of the workforce needed to deliver care is a matter for the health department in each of the devolved administrations.
In England, Health Education England (HEE) is conducting work to recruit more trainees into Radiology. As part of the investment planning process, Clinical Radiologists have been prioritised with plans to increase training posts by 32 to 1,144 for 2016-17 recruitment. Clinical Radiology has also been one of the five large specialty reviews undertaken by the HEE planning team this year.
Recent trends in Clinical Radiology Consultants in the National Health Service:
|
As at 31 March |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Growth 2010-15 |
|
Whole Time Equivalents |
2,247 |
2,326 |
2,390 |
2,472 |
2,531 |
2,653 |
406 (18.1%) |
Source: NHS Digital’s NHS Workforce Statistics – October 2015, Provisional statistics
The content and standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. The GMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that medical students and newly qualified doctors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.
