GPs Welcome Cervical Cancer Vaccine Catch Up Programme, Northern Ireland

Dr Brian Dunn, Chairman of the BMA’s Northern Ireland General Practitioner Committee (NIGPC) welcomed the announcement by Health Minister Michael McGimpsey that the catch up programme for human papillomavirus (HPV) will proceed in full for girls born between 2 July 1991 and 1 July 1995. Dr Dunn said “NIGPC is very supportive of a campaign that will reduce the chance of many girls contracting cervical cancer.

Source: GPs Welcome Cervical Cancer Vaccine Catch Up Programme, Northern Ireland