The heads of Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support, and Breast Cancer Now have called on the Government to take action against the ‘ticking timebomb’ of staff shortfalls across the health service PMGallagher1 reports
Over the next five years, one-in-five clinical oncologists were expected to retire, and more than half of current clinical oncology vacancies had been open for over a year, the RCR said. Meanwhile, the proportion of more expensive locum staff now being used had grown from 4 per cent to 8 per cent in the past two years.care and the other at the clinical radiology workforce.
Some 90 per cent of those surveyed thought workforce shortages would affect patient safety and only one-in-four said they had enough staff to deliver safe and effective patient care. Furthermore, new Community Diagnostic Centres set up by the NHS had increased the workload on already stretched staff.
Action from the Government is now critical. We must train more doctors, while doing more to retain the ones we have. There is no luxury of time: doctors are stretched, stressed, and scared for their patients.”, which will set out exactly how many medics, nurses and other health professionals will be needed over the next five, 10 and 15 years.
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