Question follow-through · 82822
Prostate Cancer: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland executive on the potential introduction of a national screening programme for prostate cancer.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 24 Oct 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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland executive on the potential introduction of a national screening programme for prostate cancer.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2025
Answer published
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises ministers and the National Health Service in the four nations of the United Kingdom about all aspects of screening. The implementation of any UK NSC screening recommendation is a devolved matter.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone
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Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
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