Annual HPV vaccine coverage in England in 2009/2010

A summary of HPV vaccination coverage across England at PCT, SHA and Description national level for the second year of the programme. This includes additional data from Devolved Authorities and comparisons with available international equivalent programmes. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was introduced into the United Kingdom (UK) immunisation programme from September 2008 for females up to the age of 18 years. To assess the coverage of HPV vaccine in England, aggregated primary care trust (PCT) level data were collected using the Department of Health (DH) ImmForm website. Data were collected on the number of females vaccinated by the 152 PCTs (including PCT-based care trusts). ImmForm is designed and managed by DH and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) coordinates and manages the collection and reporting of national data on behalf of DH. This second annual report on HPV vaccine coverage in England presents data for the academic year 2009/10 (Table 1) and provides a comparison with vaccine coverage achieved during the first year of the programme (academic year 2008/09), and with published data from selected international HPV vaccine programmes