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UK National Screening Committee: Reviews

Asked by Liam ConlonLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 24 November 2025UIN 91549

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of research published on 3rd November 2025 by Langley S et al in the European Urology Oncology Journal; and if he will ensure that this is considered as part of the UK National Screening Committee’s review.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The article Targeted Prostate Health Checks, a Novel Screening System to Identify Men at Risk of Prostate Cancer: Real-world Evidence from More than 18 000 Prostate-specific Antigen Tests was published after the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) completed its formal modelling report as part of its evidence review into prostate cancer screening. The UK NSC Secretariat has read the report and discussed it with the Chair of the committee in relation to the prostate cancer screening recommendation.

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