Written questions

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 90917 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Darren Paffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of introducing a national risk-stratified screening programme for prostate cancer.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 20 Nov 2025

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, commissioned an evidence review modelling the clinical effectiveness and cost of several approaches to prostate cancer screening. This included different poten...