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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?

Answered Question 19395 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 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?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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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.