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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-22more like thismore than 2024-04-22
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading 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 and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) trial and (b) roll-out early cancer screening. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-24more like thismore than 2024-04-24
answer text <p>In England, early cancer screening is already in place for cervical, breast, and bowel cancer. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not currently recommend screening for prostate cancer due to the inaccuracy of the current best test, called Prostate Specific Antigen. We are providing £16 million of funding to Prostate Cancer UK's £42 million trial, which is aimed at helping us find a way of catching prostate cancer in men as early as possible. The UK NSC is also commissioning evidence for six possible approaches to targeted prostate screening for those at higher risk. The UK NSC will publish its recommendations when complete.</p><p>NHS England is responsible for the running of the Targeted Lung Health Check Programme, and its conversion to a nationally rolled out NHS Targeted Lung Cancer Screening Programme by 2030.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Pendle remove filter
answering member printed Andrew Stephenson more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-24T14:48:02.163Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-24T14:48:02.163Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson remove filter
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this