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Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the National Screening Committee on the evidence that will be used to inform the criteria for a prostate cancer screening programme.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Feb 2025
Target answer date
4 Mar 2025
Answer
10 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the National Screening Committee on the evidence that will be used to inform the criteria for a prostate cancer screening programme.

  2. 4 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries of the United Kingdom on all aspects of population and targeted screening, and suppo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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