Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 26th January 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on targeted campaigns in regions where HPV vaccination rates have fallen below the national average; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 2nd February 2015

We have not had any discussion with Public Health England on targeted campaigns in regions where the human papillomavirus vaccination coverage rates have fallen below the national average.

Under the NHS public health functions agreement between the Secretary of State and NHS England, NHS England is responsible for improving or at least maintaining vaccination coverage in line with relevant performance indicators in the agreement, whilst reducing variations in local levels of performance between geographical areas. NHS England commissioning teams have access to a data repository which provides comparisons of relative performance by local areas and providers and enables improvement plans to be put in place where appropriate.

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