Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73661

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of disparities in access to prostate cancer testing among different socioeconomic groups.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, does not currently recommend population screening for prostate cancer. As such, England does not have a national screening programme.As part of its commitment ...

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