Written questions

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 17458 · Tabled 9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will outline the expected timeline for incorporating new evidence, including on the Stockholm3 test, into the UK National Screening Committee’s prostate cancer screening model.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 16 Jul 2026

The Prostate Cancer Screening Model, used by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) to make its recommendation, was commissioned from modelling experts at the Sheffield Centre of Health and Related Research (SCHARR). SCHARR has been commissioned and...