PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prostate Cancer: Screening (1 November 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the informed choice framework for prostate cancer screening.
Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)
Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)
Answer
Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees. This is because of the inaccuracy of the current best test called Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA).
The Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme provides general practitioners with information and guidance to counsel men who have no symptoms about the potential benefits and harms of PSA testing so they can make an informed decision about whether to have the test.
Answered by:
Andrew Gwynne (Labour)
6 November 2024
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