Decision Maker: Council

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: October 22, 2025

Purpose:

Content: RESOLVED: 1.      That this Council: a)      recognises the vital importance of early detection in saving lives from prostate cancer, which is now the most common cancer in men in the UK; b)      notes with concern that, unlike breast cancer screening for women, there is no comparable national screening programme for prostate cancer, despite evidence that early identification significantly improves treatment outcomes; c)      believes that this unequal provision leaves men, particularly those most at risk, disadvantaged and unnecessarily vulnerable, and therefore; d)      calls on the Cabinet and Chief Executive to write to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care urging the Government to support calls for a routine, accessible prostate cancer screening programme; and e)      further asks that the Council works with local NHS partners, charities and community groups to raise awareness of prostate cancer risks and the importance of early testing until such a programme is in place.