Written question WQ92796
- Asked by
- Samuel KurtzConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 6 days
Question
How is the Welsh Government supporting health boards to deliver prostate cancer screening and treatment?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend prostate cancer screening, and as a result the NHS in Wales does not offer prostate cancer screening. The recommendation and the rationale can be found at:
Prostate cancer - UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) - GOV.UK (view-health-screening-recommendations.service.gov.uk)
Guidance is available to clinicians and members of the public regarding accessing prostate specific antigen testing among asymptomatic men and this can be found at:
Guidance updated on PSA testing for prostate cancer – PHE Screening (blog.gov.uk)
The Welsh Government has set out its approach to improving cancer services in the Quality statement for Cancer and the NHS has set out its response in the Cancer Improvement Plan. These documents can be found at:
The quality statement for cancer [HTML] | GOV.WALES
Cancer - NHS Wales Executive