HPV Vaccination

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Dear Shetland NHS Board,

What would the cost be for a teenage boy to have an HPV vaccination in the NHS Shetland board area?

Yours faithfully,

John Johnson

foi (NHS SHETLAND),

Dear Sir/Madam

Your FOI request has been received and will be dealt with accordingly and a response collated within 20 working days from original date FoI request was received shown on email below (within office hours).

Regards

Stuart Hubbard
FoI Administrator
NHS Shetland
c/o Gilbert Bain Hospital
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0TB
[NHS Shetland request email]

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Steve Hinks left an annotation ()

How do we know that the HPV vaccine works? All we are told is that there is a significant decrease in infections with the two main HPV types in the vaccine. We are also only told that it is ‘expected’or ‘intended’ to reduce cases of cervical cancer but, even after 8 years of use in the UK there is zero evidence that it will ever prevent a single case of cancer. The rationale behind current worldwide human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programs starts from two basic premises, 1) that HPV vaccines will prevent cervical cancers and save lives and, 2) have no risk of serious side effects. Careful analysis of HPV vaccine pre- and post-licensure data shows however that both of these premises are at odds with factual evidence and are largely derived from significant misinterpretation of available data – see HPV vaccines and cancer prevention, science versus activism [i].Even more concerning, the latest statistics from ONS [ii]show cervical cancer increasing in 20-24 year old age group for England from 2012 to 2014. There are also many reports of very young vaccinated girls developing cervical cancer. Jess Bradford had the HPV vaccine at school but was diagnosed with cervical cancer at just 18[iii].

[i] https://infectagentscancer.biomedcentral...

[ii] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa...

[iii] http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/heal...

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A questionnaire completed by more than 100 members of the UK Association of HPV Vaccine Injured Daughters (AHVID) identified 29% of girls had adverse reactions within 24 hours of vaccination, some within minutes or just a few hours. A further 23% had a reaction within 7 days and 17% within 4 weeks. Many girls also had reactions to each dose of vaccine but continued because health professionals assured them that it was nothing to do with the vaccine. Many of the affected girls have been seriously disabled for several years with little or no support from doctors and health professionals and no contact from the MHRA, PHE, EMA or the vaccine manufacturers. See the response from MHRA to a FOIA request for an update on reported serious adverse reactions: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/3... There are 227 pages of them with an ‘overwhelming’ number labelled“unknown, unresolved and not recovered” despite many of them dating back several years.

foi (NHS SHETLAND),

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Please find attached the response to your recent FoI request.

If you are unhappy with the way we have dealt with your request please be aware that under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 you do have the right to request a review.

A review request must be made in writing to Carolyn Hand, Corporate Services Manager, NHS Shetland, Board Headquarters, Upper Floor Montfield, Burgh Road, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0LA . You must include your name, an address (or email address) for correspondence, details of your original request and the reason why you wish us to undertake the review.

Kind regards

Stuart Hubbard
FoI Administrator
NHS Shetland
c/o Gilbert Bain Hospital
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0TB
[NHS Shetland request email]

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