Question follow-through · 122472

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the modelling assumptions underpinning projected PSMA PET-CT activity volumes within the forthcoming PET-CT commissioning arrangements are (a) forward-looking

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Mar 2026
Target answer date
24 Mar 2026
Answer
16 Apr 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the modelling assumptions underpinning projected PSMA PET-CT activity volumes within the forthcoming PET-CT commissioning arrangements are (a) forward-looking

  2. 24 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    NHS England is responsible for commissioning prostate‑specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiotracers for positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET‑CT) imaging for adults with high‑risk primary or recurrent prostate cancer. The commissioning pol...

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