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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-09-11more like thismore than 2017-09-11
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Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Prostate Cancer: Screening more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that men are able to access early prostate tests. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
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Jim Shannon more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2017-09-18more like thismore than 2017-09-18
answer text <p>The National Health Service Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme (PCRMP) provides general practitioners and primary care professionals with information to counsel men who ask about prostate cancer and/or prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. Men over 50 who decide to have a PSA test based on this information can do so for free on the NHS.</p><p>The PCRMP information pack was revised and updated in March 2016 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-overview" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-overview</a></p><p>The PCRMP has also produced information leaflets that healthcare professionals can use when discussing the test with eligible men, which are available at the following link.</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-supporting-documents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-supporting-documents</a></p>
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
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label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
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label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this