Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 62510

Prostate Cancer: Blood Tests

Tabled: 24 June 2025

Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of including PSA testing in routine NHS health checks.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has commissioned a university to carry out a high quality review and cost effectiveness model of the evidence for a national prostate cancer screening programme. This includes considering evidence that looks at...

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