Alternative attention grabber

We’ve been told by familiar faces like Dave the ex-Leader that prostate screening cancer is vital. But if the test on offer isn’t reliable and given the state of the NHS’s management, a national screening programme is bound to be come a notional screening shambles at huge expense to the taxpayer very quickly.
    Could this be the reason why the government is trying to deflect attention from a disastrous budget by kicking this can down the road and generating a row about it?