Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40877

Prostate Cancer: Research and Screening

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recommendation on (a) screening and (b) research on prostate cancer in Council of the EU recommendation on

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The United Kingdom is not bound by the Council of the European Union's recommendations. The UK National Screening Committee is currently looking at the evidence for prostate cancer screening in accordance with its published processes. This work will evalu...

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