Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49859
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 1 May 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Question
Sarah Gibson
Liberal Democrat — Chippenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a national prostate cancer screening programme on (a) early diagnosis rates and (b) health inequalities.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Department is guided on screening policy by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The committee has commissioned a university to carry out a high quality review and cost effectiveness model of the evidence for a national prostate cancer screen...
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