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...