Funding for specified cancer treatments
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From: Luke
Dear Ministry of Health,
Can you please provide a funding breakdown for the research into, and treatment of, the following cancers each year for the past five years?
(a) Breast cancer;
(b) Prostate cancer;
(c) Melanoma;
(d) Lung cancer; and
(e) Bowel cancer.
Can you also provide data on the number of people being treated for each cancer each year for the last five years, broken down by gender and ethnicity?
This request is directed to the Ministry of Health, however, should other agencies be better placed to respond to this request, then my apologies, could you please transfer this request to them.
Yours faithfully,
Luke
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From: Luke <[FOI #26318 email]>;
Received: Thu Apr 04 2024 17:17:20 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
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Subject: Official Information request - Funding for specified cancer
treatments
Dear Ministry of Health,
Can you please provide a funding breakdown for the research into, and
treatment of, the following cancers each year for the past five years?
(a) Breast cancer;
(b) Prostate cancer;
(c) Melanoma;
(d) Lung cancer; and
(e) Bowel cancer.
Can you also provide data on the number of people being treated for each
cancer each year for the last five years, broken down by gender and
ethnicity?
This request is directed to the Ministry of Health, however, should other
agencies be better placed to respond to this request, then my apologies,
could you please transfer this request to them.
Yours faithfully,
Luke
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Kia ora Luke
Please see attached a response to your request for official information.
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From: Luke
Dear OIA Requests,
I note that the Health Research Council has not responded to me since you transferred this request to them.
It’s possible that this is in error - can you please confirm that the HRC has not responded?
Yours sincerely,
Luke
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Luke,
Thank you for following up. We apologise the transfer did not get actioned in time due to administrative error. It has now been processed and you can expect a reply from HRC within 20 working days.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatû Hauora | Ministry of Health
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From: Luke <[FOI #26318 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 28 July 2024 9:48 am
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your request for official information (ref: H2024038969) CRM:0114806
Dear OIA Requests,
I note that the Health Research Council has not responded to me since you transferred this request to them.
It’s possible that this is in error - can you please confirm that the HRC has not responded?
Yours sincerely,
Luke
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Kia ora Luke
Please see attached a response to your request for official information.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatû Hauora | Ministry of Health
M[1]inistry of Health information releases U[2]nite against COVID-19
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