Joanne Ferrie

Screening and Immunisation Manager, Public Health England; NHS England and NHS Improvement South West, UK

In the UK, adolescents are legally capable of self-consenting to the HPV vaccination, provided they understand the implications of doing so. However, local policies do not always reflect this, and oft en require parental consent

Implementing new consent procedures for schools-based human papillomavirus vaccination: a qualitative study

‘The new procedures allowed all eligible young women to attend, irrespective of whether they had returned a parental consent form.’ .

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