Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8895

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 14 October 2024
Answered: 17 October 2024

Question

Gareth Bacon

ConservativeOrpington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Screening Council plans to review its advice on Prostate Specific Antigen testing.

Answer

The UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC) evidence review for prostate cancer screening is already underway, and plans to report within the UK NSC’s three-year work plan. The evidence review includes modelling the clinical cost effectiveness of sever...

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