Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

Department of Health written question – answered at on 12 February 2016.

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Photo of Sarah Wollaston Sarah Wollaston Chair, Health and Social Care Committee, Chair, Health and Social Care Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of how many men who have sex with men (MSM) are expected to receive the HPV vaccine each year as a result of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's recommendation that it be offered at sexual health clinics; and what proportion of the MSM population aged up to 45 his Department estimates will have been vaccinated within (a) one year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years of that vaccine first being so offered.

Photo of Jane Ellison Jane Ellison The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

In November 2015, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the expert body that advises the Government on all immunisation matters, advised that a targeted human papillomavirus vaccination programme should be undertaken for men who have sex with men (MSM) up to 45 years of age who attend genitourinary medicine and HIV clinics. They noted that this should be subject to procurement of the vaccine and delivery of the programme at a cost-effective price. JCVI acknowledged that finding a way to implement its advice would be challenging and made clear that work was needed by the Department and others to consider commissioning and delivery routes for this programme. This work is already underway and we will announce our plans as soon as we can.

The Department is not yet in a position to suggest estimates of the numbers or proportion of MSM who might be vaccinated from this potential vaccination programme.

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Steve Hinks
Posted on 15 Feb 2016 12:40 pm (Report this annotation)

Despite 20,503 adverse reactions being reported by Yellow Card, including 5 with fatal outcome, the JCVI minute a report (verbal!) from the MHRA that 'no serious risks have been identified associated with either HPV vaccine in the UK'!
N.B. although it was minuted that a verbal report was made, FOI responses demonstrate that written reports are provided each year indicating thousands of SERIOUS reports!

Why are we denied the truth?