Schools opting out of HPV vaccination programme and subsequent procedure

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Dear Westminster Primary Care Trust (PCT),

Under the Freedom of Information Act, would you be so kind as to answer the below questions. Any responses should cover the time period from the initiation of the national HPV vaccination scheme to present.

1) Do all girls aged 12 -13 get offered the HPV vaccine at school?
2) a) for girls accepting, do their GPs get notified of their vaccination?
b) for girls offered but not accepting the vaccine, do their GPs get notified of their non-vaccination?

If the answer to 1) is not a complete yes:

3)a) Have any schools in the area refused to allow clinicians to administer the HPV vaccine? b) If so, which?
c) If the answer to 3a) is yes, what are the reasons provided for this?
d) What is the policy/process for alternative arrangements for any schools that have opted out?
e) Please provide a copy of the official notifications, or record of that notification

4a) Have any schools in the area opted out of the HPV vaccine catch up programme at any point?
4b) If the answer to 4a) is yes, which?

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Brook

FOI NWL, Westminster Primary Care Trust (PCT)

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Dear Ms Brook,

Further to your Freedom of Information request please find our response attached.

Regards

Dominic Mallinder
FOI Lead
NHS North West London
[email address]
15 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JD
www.northwestlondon.nhs.uk

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you ever so much for your response. Can you confirm which PCTs the response covered? I believe the term 'Inner North West London PCTs' to cover Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster. Is this correct?

I was asked for clarification regarding question 3a) in my original request: 'Have any schools in the area refused to allow clinicians to administer the HPV vaccine?'.

Please consider the below a clarification of this question.

1. Have any of the PCT's covered by the response (which I believe to be Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, and Westminster) opted out of the national HPV vaccination programme?

2. If so, which?

3. What reasons have been provided for this?

4. What is the policy/process for any schools which have opted out?

For transparency, I shall also copy this clarification to the response provide with respect to the response provided for Kensington and Chelsea PCT.

Yours sincerely,

Michelle

Dear FOI NWL,

I am just following up from an FOI request made on the 23rd
October. Whilst an original response was forthcoming within the
specified time limit of 20 days, I was asked for a clarification of
a couple of questions.

I provided this clarification on the 17th November, and have yet to
receive a second response. Officially, a response should have been
forthcoming by the 17th December at the latest, however, as of
today (21st December), I have yet to receive a response.

The correspondence may be found
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/sc...

I request that you update me promptly on the progress of this FOI
request.

For simplicity, I will copy this response to the FOI request made
to Kensington and Chelsea PCT which also requested similar clarification
(correspondance found:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/sc...)

Yours sincerely,

Michelle

FOI NWL, Westminster Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Dear Ms Brook,

Further to your Freedom of Information request. I can now provide the response as requested. I apologise for the delay in responding.

1. Have any of the PCT's covered by the response (which I believe to be Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, and Westminster) opted out of the national HPV vaccination programme?

Yes

2. If so, which?

Westminster:
International Community School
Southbank International School

Kensington & Chelsea:
GEMs Hampshire School
Hill House School & Knightsbridge School
Lloyd Williamson School
Queens Gate School
Tabernacle School

3. What reasons have been provided for this?
- Do not do immunisations on the premises
- Use their own private GPs

4. What is the policy/process for any schools which have opted out?
All schools are repeatedly invited to take part in the HPV programme.

Regards

Dominic Mallinder
FOI Lead
NHS North West London
[email address]
15 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JD
www.northwestlondon.nhs.uk

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