Schools opting out of HPV vaccination programme and subsequent procedure

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Dear Leicester City 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

Leicester City Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Dear Ms Brook

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which NHS Leicester City and NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland Corporate Governance team on 23 October 2012. We apologise for the slight delayed response in sending you our acknowledgement.

We will respond to your request within the 20 working day deadline.

If you have any queries relating back to your FOI request, please quote the following unique reference number on all return correspondence : B231012LC & B231012LCR

Kind Regards

K Bunn
FOI Officer, Corporate Governance

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Leicester City Primary Care Trust (PCT)

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Dear Ms Brook

Thank you for making a request under the Freedom of Information legislation.

Please find attached your Freedom of Information final joint response letter for both NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland and NHS Leicester City. Please accept our sincere apologies for the slight delay in sending our final response to you.

If you are unable to download this or encounter any problems, please contact me and I can arrange for a hard copy to be posted.

Kind regards

K Bunn
FOI Officer, Corporate Governance (PCT Cluster)

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