Question reference: S6W-08490
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 19 May 2022
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 June 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that young people are offered the vaccination for HPV, and in which NHS boards HPV and any other boosters for teenagers have restarted.
Answer
The Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland (PHS) continue to work with Health Boards to support their planning and the safe delivery of immunisation services.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HPV and teenage booster programmes were delayed due to school closures. Pupils who were not offered their vaccines or who missed the immunisation sessions at their school, were offered the vaccine during catch-up sessions arranged by their Health Board. Health Boards have confirmed that these catch-up sessions have now been fully completed.
Therefore, all Health Boards have returned to a routine vaccination schedule for HPV and teenage boosters for the 2021-22 academic year.
Public Health Scotland collate data on the HPV vaccination programme for the previous school year every autumn. Data for school year 2021-22 will be collated in autumn 2022 and published in December 2022.
The most recent PHS publications can be found online: Publications - Public Health Scotland