Written questions

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 8895 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Gareth Bacon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Screening Council plans to review its advice on Prostate Specific Antigen testing.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 17 Oct 2024

The UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC) evidence review for prostate cancer screening is already underway, and plans to report within the UK NSC’s three-year work plan. The evidence review includes modelling the clinical cost effectiveness of sever...