Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 57555

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025

Question

Chris Coghlan

Liberal DemocratDorking and Horley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of not including prostate cancer referral guidance for asymptomatic men in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines on prostate cancer relate to symptomatic patients. Guidance on prostate cancer referral for asymptomatic men can be found in the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme, which is ...

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