Question follow-through · 117245
Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the change in the bowel screening age to 50 on rates of diagnosis of prostate cancer.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- 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
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the change in the bowel screening age to 50 on rates of diagnosis of prostate cancer.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
This Government is committed to improving cancer screening services in line with the National Cancer Plan and as part of the 10-Year Health Plan’s shift from treatment to prevention. The Department has not made an assessment of the potential impact of low...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health Professions: Regulation
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Rare Diseases: Children
11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were born with rare diseases as identified by the National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service in each of the last ten years.
General Practitioners: Recruitment
11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment process on UK residents seeking GP employment compared to overseas applicants.
Congenital Abnormalities
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) fund research into and (b) help reduce the number of live births with at least one congenital condition.
General Practitioners: Women
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the proportion of NHS GP's that are female between 2015 and 2025.
Doctors: Training
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he expect the next phase of the review of the UK Foundation programme to be concluded.
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he expect to be able to reply to WPQ 117245 tabled on 3rd March 2026.
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
17 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he expect to be able to reply to WPQ 115339 tabled on 24th February 2026.
Doctors: Training
17 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will have lead responsibility in co ordination and organising the four Nation Steering Group in examining the role of the Multi Speciality Recruitment Assessment process.
Organs: Donors
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many organ donations under deemed consent legislation have there been from deceased donors between 1st January (a) 2022, and (b) 2026.
Organs: Donors
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, approximately how many non - direct altruistic organ donations have there been in each of the last ten years.
Myopia: Children
24 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he expect treatment of myopia in children aged between three and 14 years through low-dose atropine eye drops to begin.