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| Friday, 14 July 2006 09:01 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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As the Department of Health (DoH) prepares the ground for a national immunisation programme parents are being discreetly canvassed on whether they would let their adolescent daughters be vaccinated against cervical cancer.
Two vaccines, most effective in girls between 10 and the early teens, are expected to be licensed for girls and young women in Britain within 12 months. Although immunising girls before they are sexually active may prove controversial, parents surveyed for the Government are said to be "very positive", with mothers more interested in details than fathers.
Most were aware of cervical cancer, but knowledge of its precursor, the human papilloma virus (HPV), was more limited. "Some parents raised concerns about introducing the vaccine in primary school and opinion tended towards offering it in early adolescence at secondary school," said minutes of the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation (JCVI).
The DoH hopes to publish more details soon in a scientific journal. The research indicates how seriously officials are considering a national programme to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of pre-teens.
A spokeswoman for the department said last night: "Any change or addition to the vaccination programme is made following careful consideration of all available data by the JCVI”.
Scotland and Wales could go their own way on a national immunisation programme, but usually follow England.
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