Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 39201

Prostate Cancer: Health Services

Tabled: 18 March 2025

Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 36892 on Prostate Cancer: Health Services, if he will take steps to provide (a) faster and (b) wider availability for prostate-specific antigen t

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Routine Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing is not offered on the National Health Service, although men aged 50 years old or over can ask their general practitioner for a PSA test, even if they do not have symptoms. This applies to anyone aged 50 year...

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