Huge NHS contract speculation 🔥14 Oct 2025 07:38
The report makes the case that new screening technologies, such as the EpiSwitch PSE blood test from Oxford BioDynamics, should be considered in the NHS as they promise greater accuracy, fewer unnecessary procedures, and can form the foundation for a population-wide programme. EpiSwitch PSE is named in the report, highlighting its strong potential to reduce false positives and minimise the need for further diagnostic procedures in low-risk cases.
"The publication includes modelling for a future screening programme, which shows that adopting a reflex test with a balanced high specificity and sensitivity could reduce anticipated demand on MRI by more than 86% and biopsy procedures by 84%, while also saving costs for the NHS.
The findings recognise that our EpiSwitch PSE blood test, with its unmatched 97% specificity, could significantly reduce unnecessary MRIs and biopsies, and therefore help to make large-scale screening a practical reality for the NHS. This is consistent with the real-world data recently published showing PSE can enable clinics to safely avoid biopsies in up to 79% of patients with an elevated PSA2."