Active surveillance for men diagnosed with prostate cancer
Dear Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),
Please could you give us current information in relation to how prostate cancer patients are managed when they are eligible for active surveillance/monitoring. Including:
Inclusion criteria
Diagnosis and treatment decision support
Follow-up pathways and protocols
Follow-up testing frequencies
Triggers for stopping active surveillance
How to send your response:
Our preference is for the FoI response to be recorded in this simple online form - https://forms.office.com/e/40WN5SU2bc (you might find it useful to download all the sections before completing the online form – www.prostatecanceruk.org/active-surveillance-FOI). When complete you can notify us via the ‘WhatDoTheyKnow’ platform. If you have any questions or need support, contact Policy @prostatecanceruk.org.
Yours faithfully,
Policy Team
Hi
Thank you for your Enquiry.
Could we have your name please as we need this for logging purposes.
Kind regards
Kate
Kate Webster
Communications Office
Public Liaison Service
Nore Villa
028 9504 5888
Email: [email address]
(Work Mon,Tues & Wed only)
Dear Kate,
Please log our request under the name Genna Hewett-Abbott, Policy and Health Influencing Officer at Prostate Cancer UK.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Policy Team
Dear Genna
FOI REQUEST RE: - ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE FOR MEN DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE
CANCER
Thank you for your request for information received on 1 November 2024
which we are dealing with under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.
Further clarification may be required to ensure your request is dealt with
appropriately and if this is the case we will contact you again. Under
Freedom of Information guidelines a response should be provided by 29
November 2024.
For more information about the legislation and our procedures for dealing
with requests for information please refer to our website:
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reference number above in any future communications.
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Regards
Kate Webster
Communications Office
Public Liaison Service
Nore Villa
028 9504 5888
Email: [email address]
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Good afternoon Genna,
Re: Active Surveillance for Men Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer
I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 1
November 2024.
Our response is now attached for your information.
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Many thanks,
Hayley
Hayley Kerr
Public Liaison Officer, Public Liaison Service, Belfast Health and Social
Care Trust
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Dear Hayley,
Is there anyway your team could fill out the form linked below? We are using this website to collect data.
Please let me know if you or your team needs anything on our end.
www.prostatecanceruk.org/active-surveill...
Thank you,
Genna
Good afternoon Genna,
Thank you for your email of 13 November 2024. I have forwarded your
request to the service to share as appropriate.
Thanks,
Hayley
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Hi Hayley,
I was wondering if there were any updates to this request. We are wanting to ensure our data is inclusive of work in Northern Ireland. Please do let me know if you need anything.
Yours sincerely,
Genna
Policy Team
Good morning Genna,
Apologies for the delay in responding to your email of 16 January 2025.
Unfortunately, we are experiencing staffing issues at present, which have
led to this delay.
On 11 November 2025, we provided a response to your Freedom of Information
(FOI) request - see attached for reference.
In addition, as you requested, we shared with the relevant team your
request for them to complete a survey document.
I am unsure what information you are seeking in this latest
correspondence. Should you require information not included in your
original FOI request, you should submit a further FOI request to explain
the information you need.
Kind regards,
Hayley
Hayley Kerr
Public Liaison Officer, Public Liaison Service, Belfast Health and Social
Care Trust
Team Tel: 028 9504 5888
Direct Tel: 028 9504 9597
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