Prostate Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 41523 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prostate Cancer Research report, Socio-economic Impact of Prostate Cancer Screening, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the macroe
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 31 Mar 2025
The UK National Screening Committee currently does not recommend prostate cancer screening because the evidence suggests that it does more harm than good. The committee is currently reviewing the evidence for both population wide screening and targeted pr...