questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variations in access to prostate cancer diagnostics and treatment; whether the new £2.8 million investment in focal therapy will be distributed across all regions of England; and what steps he is taking to ensure that men diagnosed through screening have equitable access to the most effective treatments regardless of where they live.
answerText: We recognise that the provision of cancer services varies significantly across the country.The NHS Cancer Programme commissions a series of cancer audits, including one on prostate cancer. The audits are a key way in which the Cancer Programme highlights ...
heading: Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis