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Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a screening programme for prostate cancer on patient outcomes.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
11 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a screening programme for prostate cancer on patient outcomes.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees (UK NSC). This is because of the inaccuracy of the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men, a...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Schools: Nurses

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Gambling: Suicide

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Cystic Fibrosis: Staffordshire

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Health Services: Men

12 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve men's health; and if he will use the upcoming Men's Health summit to commission a new men's health strategy consultation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Palliative Care: Staffordshire

12 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of palliative care services available to people in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.

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Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

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Nurses: Schools

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vaccination: Side Effects

16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the support given to people who have experienced a (a) severe adverse reaction and (b) bereavement after receiving a vaccine on levels of vacc

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Medical Records: Staffordshire

3 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allow up-to date medical information to be shared between the NHS and care staff in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.

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Disabled Facilities Grants: Standards

3 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of the Disabled Facilities Grant.