19395 (2026). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 11 Jun 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	19395 (2026)
Question asked:	13 May 2026
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	06 Jun 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_19395_2026
Document guid:	116c68cc-e6ac-49bf-82fc-bf57a6077e35

19395 (2026). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: Further to reply 28371 (2025), what is the average wait time from referral to a specialist to diagnosis for suspected ovarian cancer patients as 1 May 2026 and every year for the past six years?

Hon Simeon Brown: I am advised that Health New Zealand does not hold this data because date of diagnosis for suspected ovarian cancer is not a consistently collected field in the national collections data.