High street chain to offer HPV jabs
By Sanjay Tanday, 18 September 2009
Older women who are ineligible for the HPV vaccine on the NHS could be vaccinated on the high street, after Boots UK unveiled plans to offer the jab in 134 stores across England and Wales.
David Nicholson
Currently, the jab is only offered to girls aged 12-18 before they have come into contact with HPV strains. The Boots Pharmacy+ Cervical Cancer Vaccination Service will be aimed at women aged 18-54.
Women who wish to have the vaccination must be registered with a GP. They will have a consultation with a pharmacist to ensure eligibility and to receive general advice on sexual health.
If eligible, the patient will receive the first of the course of three jabs and be booked in for the second and third vaccinations, for one month and six months later respectively. The complete course will cost £405.
But a spokeswoman for Cancer Research UK said: 'We do not know how effective the vaccine is in women who have already come into contact with HPV.
'The best way that older women can protect themselves against cervical cancer is through the free NHS cervical screening programme, which has saved 100,000 lives since its introduction in 1988.'
Additional Information
Latest jobs Jobs web feed
- 2X Part Time Salaried GPs Deerness Park Medical Centre Competitive, Sunderland Tyne & Wear
- Full time GP partner - Isle of Man Laxey and Village Walk Health Centres Competitive, Isle of Man
- General Practitioner x 2 for MOD, RAF Leuchars, Fife MMP Competitive hourly rates offered, East Coast of Scotland
- A&E Specialty Doctors Hays Healthcare £36000.00 - £68000.00 per annum, London
- GP Locum in Dorset - Short Term Locum Fresh Medical Recruitment £70 per hour, Dorset
- GP Locum in North London - Weekday Shifts Fresh Medical Recruitment £70 per hour, London
Most read
- NHS reforms: Interactive Health Bill timeline
- Clinical Quiz on GPonline.com
- CMOs issue vitamin D warning to GPs
- RCGP demands withdrawal of Health Bill in letter to PM
- England's CMO issues cold snap warning to vulnerable patients
- BMA leaders call for Lansley to quit as Lords prepare to debate reforms
Most commented
MIMS Drug Search
Possible searches include drugs (by brand, generic ingredient or drug class), diseases and more.
