Written questions

Prostate Cancer: Health Services

Commons · Question 49189 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 May 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) establishing an NHS information campaign to raise awareness of prostate cancer referral routes for GPs and (b) issuing specific guidance

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 1 May 2025

The Government takes the management of the risk of prostate cancer seriously. Too many men are waiting too long for diagnosis and treatment, and this must change. We have asked the UK National Screening Committee to look at the evidence for screening for ...