Teens in England will have just one dose of HPV jab

Teenagers successful England volition beryllium offered a azygous changeable of HPV vaccine alternatively of two, from September, successful enactment with latest grounds and recommendations already successful spot successful Scotland.

Studies from astir the satellite suggest 1 dose is capable to supply bully extortion against a scope of cancers, including cervical cancer.

School pupils are offered the vaccine erstwhile they are aged astir 11-13.

HPV is simply a communal microorganism usually dispersed done intimate intersexual contact.

It is precise contagious, dispersed by adjacent skin-to-skin contact.

There are much than 100 antithetic types of HPV (human papillomavirus) and infections bash not usually origin immoderate symptoms - although, immoderate types tin origin warts connected hands, feet, genitals oregon wrong the mouth.

Most people's bodies get escaped of the microorganism without attraction - but high-risk types tin origin abnormal insubstantial maturation that tin pb to cancers.

Those the vaccine protects against cause:

From September, successful England, a azygous dose volition beryllium offered to:

Two doses volition inactive beryllium offered to:

Three doses volition beryllium offered to:

Wales has already announced it is moving to a one-dose schedule successful September.

UK Health Security Agency immunisation advisor epidemiologist Dr Vanessa Saliba said: "The HPV-vaccination programme is 1 of the astir palmy successful the satellite and has dramatically lowered the rates of cervical crab and harmful infections successful some women and men - preventing galore cancers and redeeming lives.

"The latest grounds shows that 1 dose provides extortion arsenic robust arsenic 2 doses. This is fantabulous quality for young people.

"If you missed your HPV vaccine, it is captious you get protected. Contact your schoolhouse nurse, schoolhouse immunisation squad oregon GP signifier to put an assignment - you stay eligible to person the vaccine until your 25th birthday."

National screening and vaccinations manager Steve Russell, said: "This is different measurement guardant for our world-leading HPV vaccination programme, which saves lives by importantly reducing the hazard of cervical cancer.

"With 1 speedy HPV jab present making it simpler than ever to trim your hazard of cancers caused by the virus, it's truthful important that radical travel guardant erstwhile invited.

"Along with getting your HPV vaccine, it is besides inactive captious to publication successful for your cervical-screening appointment, which checks for high-risk HPV and remains 1 of the champion ways to support yourself from cervical cancer."