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.
Thanks everyone for your responses. My oncologist has had lengthy discussions with pharmacists and they in the end confirmed that I was eligible for Olaparib. The fact that I was on Pembrolizumab as neo-adjuvant therapy made things difficult but we have figured it out in the end! I should, however, stop Pembrolizumab adjuvantly and switch to Olaparib instead.