If this is the first time you are considering a PSA Test please read the information below so that you can make an informed choice before booking a PSA test at one of our events.
Since we started PSA testing in 2011, we have now arranged over 50,500 PSA tests in Hampshire, Sussex and Dorset.
You can all the upcoming events further down this page.
PCaSO arranges events where men from 40 to 80 can have a free test. You are able to book an appointment online to visit one of our PSA testing sessions, as long as you have made an informed choice based on the benefits, limitations and risks of having the test.
Each test event takes much planning and organisation so we limit the numbers our volunteers undertake and keep our activities within Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex. Dates are usually, but not exclusively, in Spring and Autumn.
The Sussex and Hampshire Branches of PCaSO organised 8,733 PSA tests at 20 different locations over the two counties during 2025.
923 men were found to have a red result requiring further investigation and 565 men with an amber result who need a further follow up.
Although we provide this as a free service, each test costs us £15 to £20, so we need your donations to meet these expenses. You can make a donation after having your test or you can donate now below.
If this is the first time you are considering a PSA Test please read the information below so that you can make an informed choice before booking a PSA test at one of our events.
The four and a half minute video to the right was made by PCaSO including footage from a PSA testing event held by PCaSO at Hove in 2019. In this video Consultant Urologist Christopher Eden discusses Prostate Cancer and the PSA test. PCaSO will give you a PSA information leaflet at the test event giving information about the test, view leaflet here.
There will be PCaSO volunteers on hand to answer any questions.
PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING FOR MEN OVER AGE 80
Essential Reading for Men 80+ Considering a PSA Test
View / Download a pdf version of this guidance
Screening means looking for a disease before it has manifested. Screening for prostate cancer (PCa) with the blood test PSA is therefore appropriate for men with no urinary problems to detect and cure potentially lethal PCa that would otherwise cause death.
All urological guidelines recommend PCa screening should not be performed for men with less than 10 years’ natural life expectancy; in practice for men over age 75-80. This is because it takes an early, asymptomatic PCa about 7 years to manifest outside the prostate (advanced) and modern treatment can control even advanced PCa for, on average, 5 years. This would take a man with an early, asymptomatic PCa at 80 well into his 90s, by which time he is likely to have died from something else. Hence the well-known cliché “most men die with PCa, not from it”. Therefore, for the vast majority of men over 80, PCa screening does not save their life and is of no benefit!
NICE Guidance states: There is a particular risk of over-diagnosing and overtreating prostatic cancer in men over the age of 79 where the prevalence is highest but the proportion of cancers which are clinically significant is lowest. For many patients in this group although they may have prostatic cancer it will not cause symptoms or impact their life expectancy. Tests and treatment may cause additional risks and anxiety.
There is no recognised or established normal ranges of PSA levels for men over 80. Although a small minority of men over 80 may benefit, a significantly larger number with an abnormal PSA may be led into a sequence of invasive tests that ultimately are of little benefit, usually due to detection of non-lethal, clinically insignificant PCa that would never cause any harm anyway. Consequently, if you are over 80, you will not be able to book a PSA test directly on-line with PCaSO.
PCaSO age criterion for PSA testing is 40 to 80. If you still feel you want to have a PSA test, then we advise you to contact your GP for advice.
This information and advice was written by:
Chris Booth, FRCS,
Consultant Urologist (retired)
Clinical Director, CHAPS Charity
Clinical Advisory Board, National Federation of Prostate Cancer Support Groups
All men aged 40 to 80 are able to book an appointment online to visit one of our PSA testing sessions, as long as they have made an informed choice based on the benefits, limitations and risks of having the test.
We often work with local Lions, Rotary and Freemason clubs who help with the organisation.
PCaSO arranges events where men aged 40 to 80 can have a test.
A small amount of blood is taken from the arm by trained phlebotomists just like a hospital or surgery.
The blood sample is taken to a NHS accredited hospital laboratory, often a local hospital, where it is analysed by professionals the same way as any other blood sample.
The results of the PSA tests are reviewed by on of a team of practising or retired urologists, based at the Graham Fulford Charitable Trust, whose system analyses the results and grades them into green, amber or red.
You will then be informed by email or text that your result is available.
Letters are also sent by post, depending on which option chosen when booking a test.
If you have chosen to have a test at one of our events, then you will have selected the method in which we will notify you of your results.
Do allow up to 10 to 14 days for the test results to be processed, but we hope this can be processed at less busy times within a few days. Once you have received your notification that your test result is available you will be able to login to the Bookings System website to find out more details.
If you have elected to receive the results notification by email and have not logged in to obtain the results then after 2 weeks they will be sent to you in the post.
If you have not received your result within 3 weeks after the event date, please contact us for further assistance on: 01926 419959
During the Covid-19 pandemic a scheme for Home PSA Collection/Testing was set up. If you would like to have a PSA test and cannot get to your GP or one of the PCaSO events.
Our partners in the testing program, Graham Fulford Charitable Trust Ltd (GFCT), offer a personal PSA testing blood collection kit developed by a private pathology service, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), London.
It consists of a DIY blood collection kit, taking blood from a finger prick and posting it to TDL, they will test the blood and return the PSA result to GFCT, who will evaluate it and send you the standard green, amber, or red result letter as usual. The kit contains all necessary equipment – blood vial, lancets, sterilising swabs, plasters, return postage container and instructions and can be purchased for £29.99 (Price at March 2025 – price may have changed, please visit ordering site below for latest price).
If you are already on their computer system from a previous PCaSO event, they will compare the result with your past PSA result and advice accordingly.
The kits can be ordered from GFCT through PCaSO here.
PCaSO is not involved in any of the financial and administrative processing and does not receive any of this money, or any commission. It is all undertaken by GFCT.
You must either register or login with GFCT if you already have an account with them before you can order your home testing kit.
When event bookings open please login or register and then make your booking.
Below is information about results and some related FAQs
Results: All those who have had a PSA Test will receive an email or text message informing them that your results are available. Results can be found by logging in to your account on the Bookings website here with the username and password used to register on the site. If you had your test at an event as a walk-in then there will not be a password on your account. In this case go to the site using the link above and use the Forgotten password link to set up a new password and then login to find your results letter.
For queries about results please read here
DO NOT PHONE THE PCaSO HELPLINE FOR YOUR RESULT – They do not have access to the Results.
The amount of PSA in your blood is measured in nanograms of PSA per millilitre of blood (ng/ml). PSA levels can range from 1 ng/ml to hundreds of ng/ml.
Your first PSA test result is often referred to as a baseline or marker result, it lays down what your PSA level is and for any further tests you have it provides a comparison. Unless the result is high, a one-off test is of little value, you should repeat the test once the baseline is known, how regularly depends on your result.
Doctors will look at the rate of a rising PSA (velocity) comparing it with prior test results. As the PSA level goes up, the chance of cancer being present increases.
If you’re aged 40–49 your PSA level is considered raised if it’s over 2.5 ng/ml.
If you’re aged 50–59 your PSA level is considered raised if it’s over 3.5 ng/ml.
If you’re aged 60 -69 your PSA level is considered raised if it’s over 4.5 ng/ml.
If you’re aged 70 -79 your PSA level is considered raised if it’s over 6.5 ng/ml.
If you’re aged 80+ there is no clinical data available – discuss with your GP.
Normal PSA level – Green letter
If your PSA level is not raised, you are unlikely to have cancer, however, the PSA test doesn’t always pick up prostate cancer, about 15% of all men with a ‘normal’ PSA level (under 3 ng/ml) may have prostate cancer.
No immediate action is needed, although you may have further PSA tests in the future.
Information on the green letter will recommend when you next have a PSA test depending on your result, age, any previous results or any risk factors which you may have declared.
Slightly raised PSA level – Amber letter
Two out of three men with a slightly raised PSA level will not have prostate cancer, but you might need further tests, including more PSA tests to exclude cancer.
The amber letter will advise you to contact your GP to arrange further tests and discuss the results.
Raised PSA level – Red letter
This result is abnormal and outside the guideline range for a man of your age. It does not necessarily imply there is anything seriously wrong with your prostate but you are strongly advised to see your doctor, to repeat your PSA test, examine you and, if necessary, refer you to a specialist urologist, especially if the repeated PSA result remains above the limit for your age.
One out of three men with a raised PSA level will have cancer. The higher the level of PSA, the more likely it is to be a sign of cancer. Although the PSA test alone cannot tell you whether you have prostate cancer.
At no time does PCaSO or anyone involved with the testing claim to diagnose cancer or any other ailment. PCaSO volunteers are people affected by Prostate Cancer. We are not nor should be assumed to be Clinicians.
DO NOT PHONE THE PCaSO HELPLINE FOR YOUR RESULT
Q. How do I access my results?
A. You will receive an email or text message informing you that your results are now available. Please then log on to your account on the Bookings Website and use your username and password to access your account.
Q. I have forgotten my password, what do I do?
A. Please go to the Bookings Website and click on the Forgotten Password Link, and your will receive an email with instructions for setting a new password.
Q. Why can’t I access my account?
A. It is most likely when you created your account you did not verify your email address. This must be done to enable system access. As soon as you register an email is sent to your email address. Please open this email and click on the green verification button in the email. If you did not receive this email then please check your spam or junk folder and look for the email sent out when you first registered. Click on the Green verification button.
Once you have done this you will be able to log into your account and access your results.
If you cannot find or did not receive the Verification email then your email address on the system may be incorrect – please send an email to info@psatests.org.uk with your correct email address or contact 01926 419959
Q. How do I verify my email address if the original verification email has been deleted?
A. See above.
Q. Who can see my results?
A. Any information you share with us will be treated as confidential and in line with the General Data Protection Regulations [GDPR] as we appreciate the personal nature of the subject matter. Your personal details such as your name, address and email address will not be shared with anyone outside of GFCT or PCaSO. The results of PSA tests may be shared anonymously with researchers working on projects that relate to the early diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.
If you have had previous results which GFCT have facilitated on behalf of another charity or community group, these results will be shown in your account. This occurs once you have verified your account. The verification process is based on the following information, your name, email address and date of birth. If these details match, your previous results will be shown in your account.
If you require further help on finding a result phone 01926 419959
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