Prostate Cancer: Screening

About this written question

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Answering body

Department of Health and Social Care

Tabled

1 Nov 2024

Target answer date

5 Nov 2024

Answer

6 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 1 Nov 2024

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential disparities in access to prostate cancer screening among men of different (a) races and (b) socio-economic statuses.

2. 5 Nov 2024

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 6 Nov 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, called Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA).The UK NSC is carrying out an evidence review o...

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.