Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13978
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 15 November 2024
Question
Charlie Dewhirst
Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the screening rates for prostate cancer in men aged over 50; and if he will take steps to increase the level of funding available to help screen
Answer
Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees (UK NSC) due to the inaccuracy of the current best test called the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm some men as m...
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