Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 64497

Prostate Cancer: Health Services

Tabled: 2 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Andrew Ranger

LabourWrexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a national screening programme for prostate cancer; and what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for people affected by the disease.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Department is guided on screening policy by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The UK NSC does not currently recommend a national screening programme for prostate cancer, as the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen test, lacks t...

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