Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117332

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 3 March 2026

Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Suella Braverman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory national screening programme for prostate cancer to help improve early detection and reduce mortalit

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

On 28 November 2025, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) opened a 12-week public consultation on a draft recommendation to offer targeted screening for prostate cancer in men with variants of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, every two years from the age of...

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