Prostate Cancer UK: Manifesto for Wales
Email your Senedd Election 2026 candidates. Share our Manifesto for Wales and let your candidates know about our priorities for the next Welsh Government.
We’re calling on all parties in Wales to commit to the following measures, so men in Wales are not left behind:
1. Updating NHS Wales guidelines so GPs can actively talk to men at higher risk of prostate cancer about their options. This includes Black men, those with a family history of prostate cancer or a confirmed BRCA gene variation. Also, replacing unclear patient information with our 30-second online Risk Checker and investing in campaigns that are proven to help men understand their risk and take action.
2. Acting on the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendations, when finalised, to ensure men with a confirmed BRCA gene variation can access prostate cancer screening.
3. Providing funding for NHS Wales to deliver fast, high-quality prostate cancer diagnostics that can meet rising demand, and adopting new, proven tests and technologies as the evidence emerges, to improve outcomes for men.
4. Publishing better‑quality data more quickly by investing in analysts, training, and resources, while strengthening collaboration with cancer charities for coordinated research. As well as publishing prostate cancer-specific data to identify where delays and gaps in care exist so that they can be improved.
5. Implementing risk-stratified active surveillance for men with low-risk prostate cancers that do not require immediate treatment, through cancer service planning and funding where needed.
6. Acting on the findings of the Audit Wales report on Cancer Services in Wales to address the significant challenges with workforce capacity.
The facts:
- Every year in Wales, more than 2,500 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, and around 640 men die from it.
- Rates of stage 4 prostate cancer (when it's too late for a cure) have increased to an all-time high; 689 men were diagnosed at stage 4 in 2022.
- Public Health Wales reports that prostate cancer accounted for 7% of all cancer deaths in 2024.
- The National Prostate Cancer Audit report suggests that 20% of men diagnosed presented with advanced (metastatic) prostate cancer in Wales between April–December 2023.
This is a crucial moment for Senedd election candidates to commit to earlier prostate cancer diagnosis and saving men’s lives.
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