81137 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

81137 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter April to June 2024 on the recommended focus area ‘Te Aho o Te Kahu to develop and monitor clear, person and whānaucentred clinical service pathways, outlining the ‘default’ in terms of treatment pathways, referral pathways, where and how MDMs are held, allied health requirements, follow-up/surveillance and palliative and end of life care requirements. Options are built into the system to address existing inequities, with opportunity for deliberate deviation from the pathway to meet patient/whānau needs, priorities and selfdetermination’ under ‘System-wide solution 3: cancer service distribution and delivery’ in the Cancer Control Agency ’Cancer Services Planning’ document?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised that during this quarter (April to June 2024) the development of Optimal Cancer Care Pathways has progressed with breast, lung, bowel, pancreatic and prostate first editions made available to Health NZ. In partnership with Health NZ, the testing of an OCCP implementation approach by undertaking a regional stocktake and gap analysis against the draft Bowel Cancer OCCP was completed.