Written questions

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 94956 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will introduce a national screening programme for prostate cancer.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 11 Dec 2025

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), that advises ministers in all four nations of the United Kingdom, has carried out an evidence review to look at screening for prostate cancer. It is only where the UK NSC is confident that screening provides m...