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Prostate Cancer: Blood Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that men at risk of prostate cancer can access the PSA blood test.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
4 Nov 2024
Answer
6 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that men at risk of prostate cancer can access the PSA blood test.

  2. 4 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Currently, men who have symptoms that could be associated with prostate cancer may be offered the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test, which looks at levels of PSA in the blood, in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence cancer recogn...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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