Introduce prostate cancer screening for men aged 50 and over

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Make routine PSA checks for prostate cancer as part of the NHS health screening for men in the same manner as smear testing and breast screening for women.

Prostate cancer is like many forms of cancer more easily treated / cured if it is caught early. The symptoms however are not always obvious and can easily be thought to be similar to a bladder infection or just a symptom of “getting older”
I myself had only minor symptoms and my health was good overall and delayed taking the matter further until it was clear an infection was not clearing up.
I like many then discovered that a diagnosis of prostate cancer was at more advanced stage and had likely been present for a number of years before presenting.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Fund a national screening programme for Prostate Cancer: Fund a national screening programme for Prostate Cancer

Require men over the age of 50 to be invited for a PSA test: Require men over the age of 50 to be invited for a PSA test

Timeline

5 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
10 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Oct 2022

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