Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 29 January 2024.
Luke Evans
Conservative, Bosworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale for publishing (a) the UK National Screening Committee's review of evidence for screening and (b) updated guidance on treatment pathways for prostate cancer is.
Andrew Stephenson
Assistant Whip, Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) will consider the evidence for six possible approaches to targeted prostate screening when the review, commissioned by the Department, has been completed. The UK NSC will publish its recommendations.
Guidance on testing and treatment of prostate cancer was updated in October 2022. There are no current plans to update the guidance again.
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