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Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce national screening for prostate cancer by level of risk.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
13 Sept 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce national screening for prostate cancer by level of risk.

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises ministers and the National Health Service on all aspects of population and targeted screening. Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended in the United Kingdom. This is because of the in...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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