Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 6962
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Adam Jogee
Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of rates of late diagnosis of prostate cancer; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle those rates.
Answer
Karin SmythNo such assessment has been made. We recognise that late diagnosis of cancers, including prostate cancer, can impact treatment options, reduce a patient’s chances of survival, and potentially increase the cost of effective treatments. NHS England is takin...
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