Written question WQ97827
- Asked by
- Janet Finch-SaundersConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 6 days
Question
What consideration has the Welsh Government given to reducing the age for prostate cancer screenings?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Welsh Government follows the advice of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) which does not currently recommend population-wide screening for prostate cancer.
The UK NSC is currently consulting on a targeted prostate cancer screening programme for men with BRCA variants every two years, from the age of 45 to age 61.