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Prostate Cancer: Research and Screening

Commons · Question 40877 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Apr 2025

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Asked by Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recommendation on (a) screening and (b) research on prostate cancer in Council of the EU recommendation on

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Answered by Ashley Dalton, 2 Apr 2025

The United Kingdom is not bound by the Council of the European Union's recommendations. The UK National Screening Committee is currently looking at the evidence for prostate cancer screening in accordance with its published processes. This work will evalu...