Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to raise awareness among men about prostate cancer since the 2014 pilot programme run by Public Health England.

Public Health England’s (PHE’s) be Clear on Cancer ‘Prostate Cancer’ pilot has been passed to Prostate Cancer UK to take forward, with PHE supporting with any future activity.

In addition, the Be Clear on Cancer ‘Blood in Pee’ campaign aims to raise awareness of visible haematuria (blood in the urine) as a possible symptom of bladder and kidney cancer as well as prostate cancer. The campaign ran nationally from 15 February – 31 March 2016, following the successful local and regional pilots. The campaign targeted men and women above 50 years old using a wide range of media, including national television and radio advertising.