Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114041
Prostate Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
Question
Anneliese Midgley
Labour — Knowsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a targeted national screening programme for prostate cancer for men identified as high risk.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Government is guided by the independent scientific advice of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). It is only where the offer to screen provides more good than harm that a screening programme is recommended. The UK NSC makes its recommendation...
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