Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend the current review period for prostate cancer screening to allow consideration of updated modelling that reflects contemporary NHS clinical practices.

The UK National Screening Committee’s consultation on their draft recommendation regarding prostate cancer screening was based on a model commissioned from Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research. The model used contemporary National Health Service clinical practices including mpMRI following a prostate specific antigen test. There is therefore no need to extend the review period.