28371 (2025). 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:	28371 (2025)
Question asked:	03 Jun 2025
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:	Corrected Reply
Document ID:	WQ_28371_2025
Document guid:	6f7e2325-05a0-4129-abb2-f3ee8cf48549

28371 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: As at 1 June 2025, what is the average wait time from referral to a specialist to diagnosis for suspected ovarian cancer patients?

Hon Simeon Brown: Corrected reply: 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.