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Freedom of Information request Prostate Testing and Prostate Cancer

Response published: 23 July 2026
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FOI Request

Please provide the following, for the calendar years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 to date, unless stated otherwise. • The number of PSA tests requested in primary care in each year, broken down by age band and by region. • The number and percentage of prostate cancer diagnoses at each stage, one to four, in each year, by region. • The number of prostate cancers first identified through an emergency presentation, for example via A&E, in each year. • The number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer through the urgent suspected cancer referral route in each year. • The average treatment cost per patient for prostate cancer, broken down by stage at diagnosis, for each year where this is held. • The total annual NHS spend on prostate cancer treatment in each year. • The number of radical prostatectomies, including robot assisted procedures, and the number of radical radiotherapy courses carried out in each year, with the unit cost or tariff applied to each where held. The median and 90th percentile number of days from GP referral to first urology outpatient appointment, in each year, by trust or region for: • The median number of days from first GP appointment to prostate MRI, and from MRI to biopsy, in each year. • The number of men breaching the 28-day faster diagnosis standard, and the number breaching the 62-day referral to treatment standard, for suspected prostate cancer in each year. Where held, please break each figure down by age band (18 to 25, 26 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 to 74, and 75 and over), by ethnicity, and by index of multiple deprivation decile. If any breakdown is not recorded, please say so.

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 231-2026

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

Please provide the following, for the calendar years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 to date, unless stated otherwise.

• The number of PSA tests requested in primary care in each year, broken down by age band and by region.

• The number and percentage of prostate cancer diagnoses at each stage, one to four, in each year, by region.

• The number of prostate cancers first identified through an emergency presentation, for example via A&E, in each year.

• The number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer through the urgent suspected cancer referral route in each year.

• The average treatment cost per patient for prostate cancer, broken down by stage at diagnosis, for each year where this is held.

• The total annual NHS spend on prostate cancer treatment in each year.

• The number of radical prostatectomies, including robot assisted procedures, and the number of radical radiotherapy courses carried out in each year, with the unit cost or tariff applied to each
where held.

The median and 90th percentile number of days from GP referral to first urology outpatient appointment, in each year, by trust or region for:

• The median number of days from first GP appointment to prostate MRI, and from MRI to biopsy, in each year.

• The number of men breaching the 28-day faster diagnosis standard, and the number breaching the 62-day referral to treatment standard, for suspected prostate cancer in each year.

Where held, please break each figure down by age band (18 to 25, 26 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 to 74, and 75 and over), by ethnicity, and by index of multiple deprivation decile. If
any breakdown is not recorded, please say so.

Our response:

The Trust does not hold the information requested. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust does not provide the prostate cancer diagnostic, treatment or acute cancer pathway services referred to in your request.

You may wish to redirect your request to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who may be more likely to hold relevant information. They can be contacted at: ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net.

Next steps:

Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:

Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss20@nhs.net

If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.