A question on #ProstateCancer #HealthServices tabled by Andrew Ranger on 02-07-2025 has been answered by Ashley Dalton.

Heading: Prostate Cancer: Health Services
Question ID: 1818730
UIN: 64497
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-02
Asking Member ID: 5046
Asking Member display name: Andrew Ranger
Asking Member handle: andrewrangermp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @andrewrangermp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a national screening programme for prostate cancer; and what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for people affected by the disease.
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Date answered: 2025-07-10
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4981
Answering Member display name: Ashley Dalton
Answering Member handle: AshleyDalton_MP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @AshleyDalton_MP
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Answer text: The Department is guided on screening policy by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The UK NSC does not currently recommend a national screening programme for prostate cancer, as the current best test, the Prostate Specific Antigen test, lacks t...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true