Question follow-through · 16839
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Prostate Cancer UK's research entitled Optimising the use of the prostate-?specific antigen blood test in asymptomatic men for early prostate cancer detection in primary care: rep
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Prostate Cancer UK's research entitled Optimising the use of the prostate-?specific antigen blood test in asymptomatic men for early prostate cancer detection in primary care: rep
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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5 Dec 2024
Answer published
The UK National Screening Committee is aware of the Prostate Cancer UK report, and this will be considered as part of its evidence review process, with further information available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-e...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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