Deliver a professional HPV-related cancer prevention service through Scripter's structured consultation pathway. Supply: 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil 9).

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What is HPV vaccine?

The 9-valent HPV vaccine protects against the virus types responsible for most cervical, anal, penile and throat cancers and genital warts. The private service covers people who missed the school programme or are outside its age range, with the number of doses set by age at first dose.

The condition it treats

Human papillomavirus is a common sexually transmitted infection; most people clear it, but persistent infection with high-risk types drives several cancers. Vaccination before or early in sexual activity gives the strongest protection, but later vaccination still has value.

How the service runs on Scripter

Patients book online, complete the pre-consultation questionnaire, and the guided pathway walks the practitioner through the HPV-related cancer prevention consultation with the screening and counselling steps built in. The supply decision, the record and any GP notification are produced in the same flow, documented against the exact protocol version in force.

Training and eligibility requirements.

Who can deliver this service, and who it can be delivered to. The governing PGD document defines the definitive inclusion, exclusion and supply criteria; the Scripter consultation pathway enforces them, and every consultation is documented against the protocol version it ran under.

Practitioner training

✓Registered healthcare professional from a profession authorised to supply under PGDs (Schedule 16, Part 4 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012), such as a pharmacist, nurse, paramedic or physiotherapist, with current registration with their professional regulator

✓Practising from premises suitable for the service, such as registered pharmacy premises or a registered clinic

✓Assessed clinical competency for this service, declared and reviewed as part of PGD authorisation

✓Sign-off against the current version of this PGD in Scripter before first supply; sign-offs expire automatically when the protocol is updated, and the platform notifies everyone affected

✓In-date basic life support and safeguarding training

✓Indemnity arrangements covering the service

✓Face-to-face injection technique training for the relevant route

✓In-date anaphylaxis recognition and management training, with adrenaline available on site

✓Vaccine storage and cold-chain procedures in place where the service supplies vaccines

Patient eligibility

✓Patients within the governing PGD's age range who have not completed an HPV course

✓Pregnancy and prior severe reaction screened; the course is deferred during pregnancy

✓Dose schedule set by age at first dose (one, two or three doses)

✓Counselling that cervical screening continues as normal after vaccination

HPV vaccine PGD questions

I missed it at school. Is it too late?+

No. The vaccine is licensed well into adulthood and still reduces future risk even after sexual activity has begun.

How many doses will I need?+

It depends on age at the first dose; older starters need more doses, and the consultation sets the schedule.

Does it protect men?+

Yes. It prevents genital warts and anal, penile and throat cancers, and reduces transmission.

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How the service runs on Scripter

Training and eligibility requirements.

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