Question follow-through · 111605
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average national unit cost is to the NHS for a local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy, used in prostate cancer detection; and how that cost is calculated.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average national unit cost is to the NHS for a local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy, used in prostate cancer detection; and how that cost is calculated.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Mar 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not held centrally. The cost of a local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy can vary between National Health Service providers, depending on local commissioning arrangements, workforce models, and operational costs.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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