Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 17457

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in reference to the Department’s written statement on Prostate Cancer Screening on the 2nd June, what specific process the Department will use to update the UK National Screening Committee’s prosta

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The Prostate Cancer Screening Model, used by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) to make its recommendation, was commissioned from modelling experts at the Sheffield Centre of Health and Related Research (SCHARR). SCHARR has been commissioned and...

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