Prostate Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 13066 · Tabled 6 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Chris Coghlan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure blood specimens taken for prostate specific antigen tests are separated within 16 hours.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 28 Nov 2024
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing volumes and the time taken for blood specimens to reach the laboratory for separation, including those within 16 hours, is not currently monitored by NHS England.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...