Question follow-through · 24142
Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve information about early diagnosis for prostate cancer for men from areas of socio-economic deprivation.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve information about early diagnosis for prostate cancer for men from areas of socio-economic deprivation.
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2025
Answer published
NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for ensuring healthcare needs of local communities are met. These responsibilities include considering adequate healthcare provision, care, and wider support for local populations, including in ru...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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