By Marie-Claire Platt

New NHS data released today has shown that thousands of women are only being diagnosed with ovarian cancer once they reach emergency care.

According to the National Ovarian Cancer Audit’s State of the Nation Report 2025, of the 5,713 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer in England in 2022, 40.1% were diagnosed only after attending A&E. In Wales, the picture is even worse, with 41.3% of women diagnosed in 2023 only finding out once they’d visited A&E.

Nearly half of all women diagnosed with ovarian cancer in England and Wales reached a point of emergency before getting answers. That’s not just a shocking statistic – it’s a crisis.

The reasons behind this crisis are complex, but one truth is clear: women’s pain is too often dismissed or misdiagnosed. We have spoken to countless women who have been told it’s “just” IBS, the menopause, or stress, despite raising concerns on multiple........

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