Written questions

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 100315 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of access to PSMA PET-CT imaging on regional and ethnic inequalities in prostate cancer diagnosis and outcomes.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 14 Jan 2026

The Department recognises that access to PSMA PET-CT imaging varies across England and that this may exacerbate existing disparities.NHS England has introduced a commissioning policy for PSMA PET-CT imaging for patients with high-risk or recurrent prostat...