Have your say on the Women's Health Strategy

Have your say on the Women’s Health Strategy, and help shape the direction of women’s health for generations to come. Fill out the form below, this will be emailed directly to the Ministry of Health (and not Cure Our Ovarian Cancer).

Please note a summary of your submission may be published by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Most often this happens when the MoH issues a document that reviews the submissions received, Any submission you make becomes public information. Anyone can ask for copies of all submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says the MoH must make the information available, unless they have good reason for withholding it. You can find those grounds in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA. Reasons might include, it’s commercially sensitive or it’s personal information. However, and decision the Ministry makes to withhold information can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may require the information be released. This may include personal details such as names and emails.

If you selected that you would like your information withheld under the OIA you can provide more information about why here if you wish (Optional)

Name (Optional)

Email (Optional)

What is your connection to ovarian cancer? (For example - I was diagnosed, my friend was diagnosed. Include age, stage and type of ovarian cancer if known). (Optional)

Explain the process you/your friend/loved one went through to get diagnosed: (Optional)

What barriers did you/they face to getting a diagnosis? (Optional)

What was your/they experience with being tested for hereditary ovarian cancer genes, for example BRCA (if applicable)? (Optional)

What did you/they know about ovarian cancer before diagnosis? Is there anything you wish you/they knew earlier? (Optional)

What was your/their experience of the health system after diagnosis when receiving treatment and follow up? (Optional)

Did you/they have any experience with unfunded treatments such as Avastin or Caylex? What was this experience and what was the impact of this?

Were you/they offered the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial? If so explain. If not, is this something you/they would have liked to have the opportunity to participate in? (Optional)

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynaecological cancer death in New Zealand and the least survivable women's cancer. How does it make you feel to know that it's also one of our least researched cancers? (Optional)

What has been the impact of ovarian cancer on your life? (Optional)

What do you think could be done to improve ovarian cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival? (Optional)

You can share any additional information you would like to share here:

On submission your form will be sent directly to the Ministry of Health. Cure Our Ovarian Cancer will not receive a copy.

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