John Leech – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Leech on 2014-05-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed to work on cancer policy in his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
Jane Ellison
The number of full-time equivalent staff (FTE) in the Department working on cancer policy for each of the past three years has been presented in the following table:
|
Year |
FTE staff |
|
2010-11 |
18.3 |
|
2011-12 |
17.1 |
|
2012-13 |
16.7 |
|
2013-14 |
3.5 |
Other Departmental staff work on related issues, such as cancer prevention, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance and the Cancer Drugs Fund. From 1 April 2013, NHS England (rather than the Department) has been responsible for delivering improvements in all cancer services, with Public Health England (PHE) responsible for aspects of cancer screening, immunisation, prevention and symptom awareness.
To reflect new structures, a number of posts were created in NHS England and PHE, taking on some of the responsibilities of the previous Departmental Cancer Policy team.
