Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a screening service for prostate cancer.

The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) opened its three-month public consultation of prostate cancer screening/prostate-specific antigen testing in men over the age of 50 in June 2020. The consultation is due to close on 21 September 2020.

The UK NSC will then review the evidence and comments received before making a recommendation.

Further information and how to participate in the consultation is available at the following link:

https://legacyscreening.phe.org.uk/screening-recommendations.php