Biography
Lord Brennan of Canton has engaged with health and social care issues through two debate speeches. He raised prostate cancer screening in February 2025, advocating for continued PSA testing for asymptomatic men in appropriate age groups, drawing on his personal experience of early diagnosis. His other contribution addressed data use in healthcare contexts, though the extract provided does not contain substantive health policy content on that occasion.
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“My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, posed an appropriate question: what would Shakespeare make of AI? The answer is rather like the proverbial million monkeys on their typewriter: so far they have failed to produce a credible version of Shakespeare, but they have produced several improved versions of The Art o…”
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“…However, can we be careful not to give out the wrong message? I was diagnosed with prostate cancer—and I was completely symptomless—thanks to the PSA test. In giving out that message, can we make it clear that GPs should not stop men getting a PSA test, even when they are symptomless, if they are at the right age and i…”
Prostate Cancer: National Screening Programme · 2025-02-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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