Written questions

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 128213 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase early diagnosis rates for prostate cancer.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 27 Apr 2026

The Government has committed to meeting the cancer waiting time standards in England by the end of this Parliament, by modernising the whole cancer pathway so that patients are diagnosed and treated more quickly.The National Cancer Plan for England was pu...