Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 46003

Prostate Cancer

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 24 April 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) access to prostate cancer screening and (b) waiting times for prostate cancer treatment.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Government understands that more needs to be done to improve outcomes for all patients with prostate cancer. Currently, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not recommend a national prostate cancer screening programme due to the limitatio...

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