According to Jo’s Trust, the UK’s leading cervical cancer charity, one in three women and people with a cervix don’t attend cervical screening. HPV (Human PapillomaVirus) vaccine, cervical screening, and treatment for cell changes can all help prevent cervical cncer, however Jo’s Trust have recognised that there is a need to increase awareness and uptake.

So please pass this information on to your mums, aunts, friends etc to go for their cervical screening when they are invited by their GP and remember to take part when you are invited!

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But what about the vaccine?

This is something you can do to reduce risk.

6 Questions you might have about HPV

If you are aged 12 to 13 years  and born after 1 September 2006 you will all be offered the HPV vaccine as part of the NHS vaccination programme!

If you attend a school in Brighton and Hove or West Sussex the first dose of HPV vaccination is given when you are in Year 8 and the second dose when you are in Year 9.

The immunisation team will visit your school and administer the vaccine. An information pack will be sent to your parent/carer before the immunisation team visit the school.

If you live in Brighton and Hove or West Sussex, you can contact the immunisation team for further information on

01273 696011 ext 3789 (Brighton and Hove)

01273 696011 ext 8100 (Chichester and surrounding areas)

01273 696011 ext 2043 (Crawley and Mid-Sussex)

01273 696011 ext 8533 (Worthing and surrounding areas)

For Further Information about HPV vaccinations

NHS HPV Vaccine information