Ms Ilanna Darcy:

I thank the Senator for reinforcing how widespread and destructive this disease can be. In terms of the GPs and gatekeeping, it is a difficult question to answer. We appreciate that GPs are stretched. If there was somebody here representing that body, they would probably say that they are stretched and under-resourced. They do have a lot on their plates. With more awareness, it definitely could help. We spoke earlier about GPs who specialise in certain areas, such as the elderly and in women's health. Perhaps that approach might help in some ways. From our point of view, the starting point is definitely to open dialogue with them to understand, from their point of view, where they see it, so that we can work together to ensure that the endometriosis sufferers are being heard properly by them.