UK Parliament / Open data

Prostate Cancer

Proceeding contribution from Simon Hoare (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 February 2019. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Prostate Cancer.

The hon. Lady makes an incredibly telling point, because unless people know what the full range of symptoms are, they do not really know what they should be thinking and whether one of those symptoms or a combination of them should actually trigger a visit to their doctor in the first instance. I think she is absolutely right that we need a better understanding.

This goes back to a point I made a moment or two ago. Because this is a below-the-waist issue and we men get frightfully embarrassed about those sorts of things, we are inclined to say that it might just be something else or that it will pass, and so on. However, for too

many people, it is left too late to have any meaningful, beneficial outcome as and when they eventually go to see their GP and then trigger the referral process.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
654 cc365-6 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Back to top