Question follow-through · 83025

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish the geographical distribution of sites involved in the TRANSFORM trial; and what criteria were used to select them.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Oct 2025
Target answer date
21 Oct 2025
Answer
27 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish the geographical distribution of sites involved in the TRANSFORM trial; and what criteria were used to select them.

  2. 21 Oct 2025

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  3. 27 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).In November 2023, the Government and Prostate Cancer UK (PCUK) announced the £42 million TRANSFORM...

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