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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
07 March 2012

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. Every year 37,000 men are diagnosed and 250,000 men are now living with the disease.

We know that men face a postcode lottery in the quality of prostate cancer services and care they receive. We believe that this is unacceptable. Men should have access to the same high quality care wherever they live. Sadly, the Government's progress to properly set out the care that men should receive is very slow and threatens the quality of care men are receiving now.

To address these issues, we have been working with men affected by prostate cancer and their families, health professionals, policy-makers and others to develop a set of standards that outline the best quality care that all men with prostate cancer need.

Take action now!

1. What do you think about our vision for quality care?

Tell us what you think about the standards of quality prostate cancer care we have drafted.

2. Contact your MP and ask them to support our standards of quality care.

Your MP can help make sure quality care becomes a reality in your area. If they support our standards, they can publicise them to people affected by prostate cancer in your area. Contact your MP now or go to www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/takeaction for more information.

If you have any questions or would like hard copies of our draft standards of care, please contact us at campaigns@prostate-cancer.org.uk or on 020 8222 7622 (please ask for the Policy and Campaigns team).

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