Question follow-through · 75558
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of PSA tests have (a) accurately diagnosed, and (b) given false (i) negative and (ii) positive diagnoses for prostate cancer in the most recent year for which figures a
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 3 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
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of PSA tests have (a) accurately diagnosed, and (b) given false (i) negative and (ii) positive diagnoses for prostate cancer in the most recent year for which figures a
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England collects diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. NDRS does not hold information on the specific results of the prostate specific antigen test in the format requested.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Omaveloxolone
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Coronavirus: Vaccination
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3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent representations he has received from ENT UK on the decision by NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board to refuse all future referrals for (a) septoplasty and (b) other sep
Palliative Care: Children
12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a plan to organise children’s palliative care services on a similar basis to the Operational Delivery Networks in use for neonatal care.
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
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Prostate Cancer: Screening
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