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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider making it a priority of his Departmental to extend the HPV vaccination programme to include male boys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider making it a priority of his Departmental to extend the HPV vaccination programme to include male boys.
The Department announced on 24 July 2018 that it is extending the human papillomavirus girls’ vaccination programme to boys and is working with Public Health England and NHS England to roll this out as soon as possible during the 2019/20 academic year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of extending the HPV vaccination programme to male boys to reduce incidents of cervical cancer in women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of extending the HPV vaccination programme to male boys to reduce incidents of cervical cancer in women.
In its review of the modelling of the impact and cost effectiveness of vaccinating adolescent boys the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) noted that by vaccinating boys as well as girls, additional cases of cervical and non-cervical cancer will be prevented in women.
The JCVI statement, including a review of the evidence, is available at the following link:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the programme to vaccinate adolescent boys against human papillomavirus will start in September 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the programme to vaccinate adolescent boys against human papillomavirus will start in September 2019.
The Department, Public Health England and NHS England are working together to implement the extension of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to boys as quickly and successfully as possible. Planning for the implementation of the extension is well underway with the aim of implementing within the 2019/20 academic year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of boys who would be eligible to receive the HPV vaccination under a catch-up programme for cohorts since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of boys who would be eligible to receive the HPV vaccination under a catch-up programme for cohorts since 2008.
In July 2018, it was announced that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will be extended to boys aged 12-13 years in England. It is expected that the HPV vaccination programme will be extended to boys from the 2019/20 school year. This decision is based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the independent body that advises United Kingdom health departments on immunisation.
It has been decided not to have a catch up programme for older boys as evidence suggests they are already benefitting greatly from the substantial indirect protection (herd protection) which has built up from 10 years of the girls’ HPV vaccination programme.
The priority is to implement the routine programme effectively, to ensure that coverage in boys approaches that achieved in girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will implement a catch-up programme of HPV vaccination for adolescent boys aged 14 to 18 to ensure that group is effectively protected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will implement a catch-up programme of HPV vaccination for adolescent boys aged 14 to 18 to ensure that group is effectively protected.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Sharon Hodgson) on 13 December 2018 to Question 199808.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans for a catch-up programme for all boys up to the age of 18 to access the human papillomavirus vaccine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans for a catch-up programme for all boys up to the age of 18 to access the human papillomavirus vaccine.
There are no plans for a catch-up programme for older boys as evidence suggests they are already benefitting greatly from the substantial herd protection which has built up from the success of 10 years of the girls’ human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme. The priority is to make sure that as many eligible 12-13 year old boys and girls, are offered protection from HPV infection from September 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make an announcement on the roll-out of HPV vaccination for boys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make an announcement on the roll-out of HPV vaccination for boys.
The advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on whether or not to have a human papilloma virus vaccination programme for boys was published on 18 July 2018.
A decision will be announced very soon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s meeting on 6 June 2018, whether his Department has received a recommendation on HPV vaccination for adolescent boys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s meeting on 6 June 2018, whether his Department has received a recommendation on HPV vaccination for adolescent boys.
As of 18 June 2018, the Department has not received the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s final advice on human papillomavirus vaccination for adolescent boys. The Department expects to receive this advice soon and will consider this as a matter of priority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the HPV vaccine to adolescent boys; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the HPV vaccine to adolescent boys; and if he will make a statement.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is currently considering whether the human papillomavirus vaccination programme for girls should be extended to include adolescent boys.
The Department will consider its final advice once it has been received.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of extending the HPV vaccine to teenage boys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of extending the HPV vaccine to teenage boys.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is updating its advice on the potential extension of the human papillomavirus vaccination programme to include adolescent boys.
An assessment of the overall costs of expanding the programme will be completed once JCVI’s final advice is received.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will publish (a) an assessment and (b) data supporting the responses to the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation's consultation on extending HPV vaccination to boys; and how many and what proportion of submissions reported that vaccination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will publish (a) an assessment and (b) data supporting the responses to the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation's consultation on extending HPV vaccination to boys; and how many and what proportion of submissions reported that vaccination.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) met on 4 October 2017 and discussed the responses from stakeholders to JCVI’s interim advice on whether to extend the human papilloma virus vaccination to boys. The minutes of 4 October JCVI meeting will be published on 15 November 2017 at:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential effect of pregnant women taking paracetamol and its effect on unborn boys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential effect of pregnant women taking paracetamol and its effect on unborn boys.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continuously monitors the safety of all medicines on the market in the United Kingdom and seeks independent expert advice from the Commission on Human Medicines on important new safety issues. The MHRA is aware of recently published research looking at the effect on male offspring of giving paracetamol to pregnant mice. All new evidence on the safety of paracetamol is kept under close review and this latest study will be carefully considered and any new advice will be communicated.
There have not been any discussions with the Royal Colleges on this issue yet.
Pregnant women should speak to their doctor or midwife before taking any medicine, including paracetamol.