https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/hpv-vaccine

HPV vaccine: Thousands of girls did not get full dose
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/hpv-vaccine

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HPV vaccine: Thousands of girls did not get full dose

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/hpv-vaccine
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2019-01-31T10:00:59.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-01-31T10:10:31.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T05:29:19.678Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: health, hpv, robengland, vaccinations
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46953452
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# HPV vaccine: Thousands of girls did not get full dose

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1334E/production/_105307687_hpvmap2-nc.png)

In January 2019 we published the first story by a new member of the data unit, **Rob England**, that [one in three girls in some parts of the UK did not have their full vaccination at school against HPV, the virus that can cause cervical cancer, in 2017-18](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46953452).

The story was based on analysis of [public data](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hpv-vaccine-coverage-annual-report-for-2017-to-2018), alongside follow-up interviews with the publisher of the data, NHS trusts with low take-up rates, charities, and a case study.

## Get the data

* Public Health England: [HPV vaccine coverage annual report for 2017 to 2018](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hpv-vaccine-coverage-annual-report-for-2017-to-2018)

* XLS: [HPV vaccine coverage data by Local Authority, England, Sep 2017 to Aug 2018](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/hpv-vaccine/blob/master/HPV_2017_2018_annual_data_tables%20(1).xlsx) including analysis and comments

## Quotes and interviews

* Emmeline Collin, diagnosed in 2009 with a tumour in her cervix after a routine smear test

* Dr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisations, Public Health England (PHE)

* Robert Music, chief executive, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust 

* Spokesman, Central and North West NHS Foundation Trust 

* Lois Alderson, clinical lead of childhood immunisations, North Yorkshire and York

## Visualisation

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/hpv-vaccine/master/areaslowesttakeuphpv.jpg)

* Choropleth map: HPV vaccine rates by local authority 

* Bar chart: Areas with the lowest take-up of HPV vaccines

* Unpublished: [Bar chart: Areas with the highest take-up of HPV vaccines](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/hpv-vaccine/blob/master/areaslowesttakeuphpv.jpg)