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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sammy Gecsoyler

More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is leading a cross-party alliance of 125 MPs to call for an NHS screening programme. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

More than 100 MPs, including Rishi Sunak, have urged Wes Streeting to introduce screening for prostate cancer.

The UK National Screening Committee, a government agency that advises ministers and the NHS about all aspects of screening, will recommend whether men at higher risk of the disease should be offered checks. It is due to write to the health secretary later this week, the Telegraph reported.

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