Prostate Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 27440 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Coghlan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 13066 on Prostate Cancer: Screening, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of laboratories not testing samples within 16 hours o
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 14 Feb 2025
The Department has not made a specific assessment on the potential impact of laboratories not testing samples within 16 hours on prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing accuracy.All pathology services in England are expected to implement the recommendatio...