United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4602
Prostate Cancer: Screening
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20 May 2021
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28 May 2021 · Answer
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28 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make home testing kits that detect prostate cancer available through the NHS; and if he will publish his timetable for doing so.
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20 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make home testing kits that detect prostate cancer available through the NHS; and if he will publish his timetable for doing so.
Source: Commons
28 May 2021
Answer
There are currently no plans to introduce a home testing programme for prostate cancer. The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises the Government and the National Health Service on screening, looked again at the evidence in No...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-20/4602
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1316667
- uk · wq-1316667 · source updated 28 May 2021