Prostate Cancer: Screening
Commons · Question 73659 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a universal prostate cancer screening programme.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 9 Sep 2025
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, does not currently recommend population screening for prostate cancer. As such, England does not have a national screening programme.As part of its commitment ...