Question follow-through · 35508
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to regulate commercially available prostate specific antigen tests; and if he will produce clinical guidance to ensure the promotion of (a) clear and (b) evidence-based p
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to regulate commercially available prostate specific antigen tests; and if he will produce clinical guidance to ensure the promotion of (a) clear and (b) evidence-based p
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2025
Answer published
In January 2024, the UK National Screening Committee updated its information on paid-for private screening tests, and how they differ from National Health Service screening programmes.The updated guidance sets out the potential benefits and harms of all s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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