Why don’t we have a national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK?

Send us a textGrab your trainers, your dog lead, your jingle bells, or a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. In the second of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss: Diagnosing diabetes: do you know MODY from LADA?PSA testing in asymptomatic men. Why don’t we have a national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK?Listen as soon as you can to ensure you have full access to all the free resources. And hear a best intentions story that will have you patting your seat before you sit down!Links:Sign up for GP trainee essentials'Chris Hoy and cancer screening: is celebrity campaigning a bad way to make policy?' Margaret McCartney. BMJ 2024;387:q2604Send us your feedback [email protected] or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them plus 100s more articles when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited.  Find out more here. Follow us:  Facebook, Instagram, LinkedInDisclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podcast.