The number of new and the number of accepted treatment injury claims involving missed diagnosis, delayed diagnosis,and misdiagnosis of cancer for each of the financial years 2017/18,/2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 inclusive. Please show for each claim the District HealthBoard involved, the site of cancer involved (e.g. breast, lung, colon, etc), and the age of the claimant at the time of the treatment injury. Excel or .csv format preferred.
Identifying challenges to cancer diagnostic services provision in the public health sector.
Showing which DHB's may be experiencing cancer diagnostic services provision challenges, and which cancer sites are more at risk from delay to diagnosis, failure to diagnose, and misdiagnosis, and showing any trends in treatment injury claims related to the diagnosing of cancer over the time period specified.
Dataset submitted
Kia ora Please refer to https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/treatment-injury-claims-for-cancer-diagnosis for the information requested.
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Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora Katrina,
To speak to ACC’s Contact Centre about how to lodge a claim, please contact 0800 101 996, or email claims@acc.co.nz.
However, doctors or GPs usually lodge claims on behalf of clients, so you may need to ask a health professional to lodge this claim for you. ACC’s Contact Centre can provide more information suited to your particular situation.
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Christopher Johnston (he/him) Manager | OIA Services * PO Box 242, Wellington 6011
Paula Goodman (Requester)
I am so sorry to hear of your diagnosis. There are a number of avenues you can choose to take, an ACC treatment injury claim, this can be useful if accepted as it can pay or contribute to treatment and or compensation.
You can also lodge a complaint with the Health and Disability Commission, their job is to protect and uphold the rights of patients, they have free advocates to assist you with this process, however the process can be long and most likely will result in an apology and recommendations for improvement to the system.
Paula Goodman
I am so sorry to hear of your terminal diagnosis. There are a number of avenues you can choose to take. An ACC treatment injury claim, this can be useful if accepted as it can pay or contribute to treatment and or compensation. You can also lodge a complaint with the Health and Disability Commission, their job is to protect and uphold the rights of patients. They have free advocates to assist you with this process, however the process can be long and most likely will result in an apology and recommendations for improvement to the system.
Also I can put you in touch with Melissa Vining, she is a health advocate that can talk you through the processes if you would like some general advice. Melissa has a facebook page called Blair Vining's Epic Journey, where you could get in touch with her. She knows you might be getting in touch.
Kia kaha Katrina.
Katrina Jury- Lynn
Hi I was just wondering what I can do about being mis diagnosed for cancer I had an operation in March they said I had no cancer then December the same year they tell me I have stage 4 cancer it’s uncurlable and I have been given two years . Even before this I was going to the doctor complaining in pain and he tried referring to hospital many times and they declined me now I’m dying!! So not fair please help.