Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75557

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Lewis

ConservativeNew 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 Dalton
There 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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