Question follow-through · 14923
Prostate Cancer: Blood Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to encourage the introduction of the Prostate-Specific Antigen blood test on the NHS for men (a) a strong family history of prostate cancer and (b) under 50.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to encourage the introduction of the Prostate-Specific Antigen blood test on the NHS for men (a) a strong family history of prostate cancer and (b) under 50.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2024
Answer published
Too many cancer patients are waiting too long to be treated, and we are determined to change that through faster and earlier diagnosis. We are investing £16 million towards the Prostate Cancer UK led TRANSFORM screening trial seeking to find better method...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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