To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of NHS dermatologists; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of dermatologist vacancies.
The annual NHS Workforce Census shows that at
The latest Vacancy Survey at
Workforce planning is a matter for local national health service organisations. They are best placed to assess the health needs of their local health community and plan the workforce to meet those needs.
The Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) is the new national authority on workforce planning and development providing advice and information to the NHS and social care system. It supports long-term and strategic scenario planning for the whole health and social care workforce, based on research, evidence and analysis and will look to build strong leadership and capability in workforce planning.
The CfWI has carried out a piece of work commissioned by the Department to analyse and inform on the numbers of doctors going into medical specialty training following on from foundation training. The Dermatology summary sheet is available at:
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