Sir Mike Penning highlights the Movember campaign and calls on the Government to do more to promote men’s coming forward to see their GPs to get tested for prostate cancer.
Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con)
One way GPs can get better outcomes for their patients is to see them face to face if possible, particularly with prostate cancer in men. Men just do not present themselves to their GP as often as they should. Today is 1 November—Movember—so what is the Secretary of State going to do to promote men’s coming forward to see their GPs so that we can get this disease eradicated?
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Steve Barclay)
First, I pay tribute to the work my right hon. Friend is doing to raise awareness of this issue. It is important that those patients who want access to face-to-face appointments are able to get them, and campaigns such as Movember are a great way of raising that awareness.