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How to find and contact your local MP

Finding your MP

If you are unsure who your MP is, then you can find out by typing your postcode into the website www.theyworkforyou.com

All MPs can be contacted at the House of Commons. The address is:
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

The main House of Commons switchboard number is: 0207 219 3000

What to expect when you contact your MP

Most MPs have an office in their constituency that can help with arranging a meeting or advising you when and where your MP's 'surgery' will be held (usually weekly, on a Friday).

Your MP won't expect you to know about the detail of health policy issues on ovarian cancer, but will want to hear about what you have experienced and how you have been affected. They are also likely to want to know what they can do to help - this is where you can urge them to show their support by taking part in at least one of the actions below:

• Becoming a Parliamentary Friend of Ovacome and working with us to keep ovarian cancer on the agenda in Parliament
• Meeting with Ovacome in Westminster to find out what they can do to improve ovarian cancer services in their area
• Writing to local NHS commissioners to find out what they are doing to improve the experience of ovarian cancer patients in your area (we can provide the contact details)
• Asking Parliamentary Questions about ovarian cancer
• Requesting a template press release highlighting their support for Ovacome and ovarian cancer
• Using their twitter feed to raise awareness of ovarian cancer - tweeting about meeting you and about what others can do
• Putting details about ovarian cancer and Ovacome on their website and/or in their constituency newsletter
• Putting the BEAT widget on their website so that women can track their symptoms

After your meeting

Please email us on l.bayne@ovacome.org.uk to tell us how your meeting went and how your MP offered to help. You can also get in touch with us using the telephone and address details below.
If you use Twitter and/or Facebook please consider adding a post to let people know that you've had the meeting. It will help our supporters to know what we're doing to help raise awareness of ovarian cancer and might encourage others to get involved too:

• Blog about your meeting on My Ovacome: http://ovacome.healthunlocked.com
• Join us on Facebook and share your ideas and experiences of speaking to your MP: www.facebook.com/ovacome
• Tweet about meeting your MP and share it with other Ovacome supporters by including @ovacome

Finally, thank you so much for taking the time to get involved. We really appreciate your support in helping us to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.

Contacting Ovacome

If you have any questions about ovarian cancer or how you can get more involved then please do get in touch either by post, phone or email.
Ovacome
PO Box 6294
London
W1A 7WJ
0207 299 6654

ovacome@ovacome.org.uk