Question NW3407 to the Minister of Health
03 November 2023 - NW3407
Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Health
Whether his department has recently taken any specific measures to deal with the problem of the shortage of oncologists in the Republic; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the measures that have been taken?
Reply:
The Department has introduced the Human Resources Training Grant (HRTG) to amongst other required speciality areas create a pool of trained specialists to enhance capacity in essential services that includes radiation oncology. The Grant is funding 52 Registrar posts of Radiation Oncology that are in various years of their training programme between first to fourth year.
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