Written questions

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 111645 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure eligible men take up prostate cancer screening in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 16 Mar 2026

There is currently no national prostate cancer screening programme. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries on all aspects o...