{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/642878.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":642878,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Create a National Screening Program for Prostate Cancer","background":"As part of the over 50's NHS Health Check automatically include a PSA test for all men.","additional_details":"Over 52000 men are diagnoses and over 12000 die of prostate cancer a year, a large number of these deaths happen and the men see no symptoms.  An automatic PSA test of men over the age of 50, although not the best answer will be a step in the right direction.\r\n\r\nLooking at the numbers related to other National screening program, 3200 cervical cancer cases are found a year and 57000 breast cancer cases, it seems prostate cancer has been left behind and it's about time this is corrected.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":9,"created_at":"2023-08-23T07:34:44.927Z","updated_at":"2023-08-25T07:23:45.209Z","rejected_at":"2023-08-25T07:23:43.224Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2023-08-23T07:57:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"The UK Government and Parliament are not directly responsible for the NHS Health Check, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:\r\n\r\nFund routine prostate cancer screening tests for all men over 40: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/642176"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}