Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 41523
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Greg Smith
Conservative — Mid Buckinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prostate Cancer Research report, Socio-economic Impact of Prostate Cancer Screening, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the macroe
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe UK National Screening Committee currently does not recommend prostate cancer screening because the evidence suggests that it does more harm than good. The committee is currently reviewing the evidence for both population wide screening and targeted pr...
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