Hi all! I have a question for the group that my consultant has been silent on at the moment and it drives me crazy.
I have been receiving all my care privately through insurance. I have now finished chemo and my surgery and my consultant suggested I take Olaparib for a year to mitigate the risk of recurrence. My insurance doesn’t want to cover it (won’t bore you with the reasons) and I was hoping to get it through the NHS but I’m not sure whether they would cover it in my case. Is there anyone in a similar situation receiving Olaparib through the NHS?
My case: early stage triple negative, neoadjuvant therapy, no complete pathological response (there was cancerous tissue at the time of surgery but no lymph nodes involved), cancer-free at the moment but residual cancer burden of 2.
NICE have guidelines and all NHS patients should receive the same treatment. I googled these guidelines to check I was receiving the recommended treatment plan for my type of breast cancer.
Hi Tinatin,
Whilst I am not on Olaparib myself, a friend is and she has the tablets prescribed via the NHS. She had TNBC, was considered high risk and did not have a pathological complete response. She was also BRCA1 positive. As most consultants work for the NHS and privately, could your consultant advise if he/she is able to see you through the NHS system and prescribe this? Equally, I’ve been having treatment through an insurer and have had to push back a couple of times when they weren’t going to pay for something, they decided to pay for it when it was recommended by the MDT team (not just by my consultant). I hope you get it sorted x
Hi, I am from Slovenia. My father had mutation positive pancreatic cancer and he sadly passed on. I have 4 more boxes of olaparib 150mg and I am goving it away to the one in need. All the best.