Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to increase public awareness of (a) HPV and (b) the importance of HPV screening.

NHS England and NHS Improvement work with Public Health England (PHE) and Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust to promote awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the Cervical Screening Programme. This includes a range of social media campaigns which include narratives from participants’ and health professionals’ perspectives.

PHE has also published a range of promotional material and social media campaigns to raise awareness of HPV, which are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hpv-vaccination-programme

The ‘Helping you decide’ leaflet informs women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 years old of the benefits and risks of cervical screening. This is sent with the invitation letter and is available in ten different languages and is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-description-in-brief