Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff and at what grades work for the National Clinical Director for Cancer.

Jane Ellison

The National Clinical Director (NCD) for Cancer is seconded to NHS England as a senior clinical advisor on cancer. The work of the NCD is supported through a number of NHS England’s priority programmes, including the Prevention and Early Diagnosis Programme, the long-term conditions, Older People, and End of life Care programme. In addition, there are a number of relevant clinical reference groups and other staff supporting specialised commissioning functions who are also aligned with the work of the NCD.

The NCD is not an executive post within NHS England and does not directly line manage any NHS England employees.