Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve access to prostate cancer screening in rural and remote areas.

I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the future work programme on prostate cancer set out in the answer of 16 July in response to Question 17458, which will produce findings of relevance to men in every part of the country. In addition, the new blood test trial for prostate cancer and other types of abdominal cancer announced by the Department on 4 November will specifically include GP practices in rural, remote, coastal and more deprived areas of England in order to address the kind of inequalities of care often experienced in these communities. More details are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-nhs-blood-test-trial-to-help-spot-cancers-earlier