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UK Government page on Health Improvements and PSA testing

There is a UK Government webpage aimed at GP’s relating to PSA tests:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prostate-specific-antigen-testing-explanation-and-implementation/advising-well-men-about-the-psa-test-for-prostate-cancer-information-for-gps

This is about advising men without symptoms of prostate disease who ask about the PSA test – but how will anyone know to ask about a PSA test if they do not know what one is.  WHY is this guidance not advising all Doctors to automatically offer ALL men over a certain age a PSA test and explain to them what one is. 

If the government really were concerned about Health Improvement, then the information on this page should be unnecessary – there should be a Standard UK Screening programme, just as there is for other cancers.  The page says 12,000 men die each year of Prostate Cancer.  We think the Government has blood on their hands by their inaction to screen and start to try and prevent premature death.

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