Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75557
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sir Julian Lewis
Conservative — New Forest East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on (a) routine PSA testing for males in specific age categories and (b) the reimbursement of GP practices by the NHS for providing PSA tests; and whether he has made an assessmen
Answer
Ashley DaltonThere is no age limit on prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests.Advice for general practitioners (GPs) called the Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme provides information and guidance for GPs to counsel asymptomatic men about the potential benefits a...
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