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Prostate Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 99739 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help avoid creating a single point of failure in PET-CT diagnostic services.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 22 Dec 2025

NHS England’s specialised commissioning function commissions positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT) diagnostic services and is responsible for ensuring that there is sufficient capacity across England to meet planned demand. To avoid cr...