Ministers could overrule the decision to reject a mass prostate cancer screening programme that could ‘condemn thousands to death’.
Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, said he would not rule out overturning the recommendation which campaigners branded a ‘profound disappointment’.
He said the decision was for new Health Secretary James Murray who would meet advisers next week to discuss the announcement.
Asked by LBC if the recommendation could be overruled, Mr Bell said: ‘I’m not going to prejudge the decision of the Health Secretary, that’s for him to do after he’s met with the chair of the national screening committee.
‘I’m certainly not ruling it
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