Parliament will debate prostate cancer screening on 26 October.

The debate

Petition 751472, launched by the charity Prostate Cancer Research and signed by 101,932 people, has secured a Westminster Hall debate on Monday 26 October 2026 at 4.30pm. It will be recorded in Hansard and broadcast on Parliament’s YouTube channel.

What’s in the template

A Word document you can adapt and send as your own. The evidence sections are ready to send as they are. The middle — a few short paragraphs on why this matters to you, or to the person you have lost — is where your voice goes.

Evidence sections (ready to send)

• The scale of the problem: 64,000+ diagnoses a year, 12,000 deaths, one every 45 minutes.
• Why the March 2026 NSC recommendation rests on outdated modelling.
• How the Cochrane evidence has moved since — 800,000 men, 23 years, a clear signal.
• The right patients have now lost — August 2026 withdrawal of PCRMP guidance.
• The bowel and breast cancer comparison — why we didn’t wait then and shouldn’t wait now.
• The economic case: around £25 million a year to screen, up to £4.5 billion a year to keep treating late.

Three asks in the letter

1. Attend the debate.
2. Speak in the debate and put your position on the record.
3. Meet with the sender before, if willing.

How to use it

1. Download the template.
2. Fill in every field in square brackets — your name, address, your MP’s name.
3. Replace the personal story section with your own. Two to four short paragraphs is enough.
4. Find your MP’s address at members.parliament.uk, delete the instruction box, and send it.

Keep it factual. Specific facts move MPs; general emotion does not.