To ask the Minister of Health whether there are plans to roll out government-funded awareness campaigns to increase recognition of lesser-known symptoms of ovarian cancer, such as urinary symptoms.

Given the current financial position, there are no plans to roll out government-funded awareness campaigns to increase the recognition of lesser-known symptoms of ovarian cancer at this time.

However, the Public Health Agency (PHA) works closely with the Department of Health, local Health and Social Care Trusts, and other partners to support a range of activities to raise awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms and services, including:

• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month - each March the PHA issue a press release and social media messaging to increase awareness of ovarian cancer (https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/news/ovarian-cancer-awareness-month-be-aware-signs-and-symptoms-0).

• Social media - the PHA posts regularly through social media channels to promote cancer awareness messaging, providing information on the signs and symptoms of cancer, including ovarian cancer, and healthy changes people can make to help reduce their risk of developing cancer in the future.

• ‘Be Cancer Aware’ Website - all PHA cancer awareness messaging signposts to its ‘Be Cancer Aware’ website. The website provides information about the signs and symptoms of a range of cancers, including ovarian cancer, and signposts to recommended sources of support or further information (https://www.becancerawareni.info/signs-and-symptoms/ovarian-cancer).