Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 10th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the covid-19 outbreak does not adversely affect HPV vaccination uptake rates across the UK.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 9th October 2020

School-aged vaccinations, including human papillomavirus (HPV), were impacted by the closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. School-aged immunisation providers across the country are now working with NHS England and NHS Improvement commissioners with clinical advice from Public Health England to catch up those vaccinations that were previously paused. From July, over 90% of all school aged providers across England have re-established services and are currently delivering catch-up programmes to those that missed vaccinations.

The priority for all NHS England and NHS Improvement commissioned school-aged immunisation providers is to ensure all those eligible are offered at least one dose of HPV vaccine by the end of the next academic year, based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommendation.

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