Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108334

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Calvin Bailey

LabourLeyton and Wanstead

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any additional evidence published since the UK National Screening Committee’s draft recommendation in November will be considered before a final decision is made on prostate cancer screenin

Answer

Ashley Dalton
We have full confidence in the UK National Screening Committee's evidence-based approach, which includes a 12 week public consultation to inform the findings even further. If new peer reviewed published evidence is submitted to the consultation it will be...

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