Submitted on Wednesday 5th October 2022
Rejected on Monday 10th October 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Introduce prostate cancer screening for men aged 50 and over
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.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Fund a national screening programme for Prostate Cancer: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623230
Require men over the age of 50 to be invited for a PSA test: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/615500
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