NHS England has pledged to eliminate cervical cancer in the next two decades, as part of wider plans to boost vaccine uptake.
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard outlined the ambition at NHS Providers’ annual conference in Liverpool on 15 November saying that the NHS will work to make it much easier for people to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and to increase uptake of cervical screening.
Elimination, as defined by the World Health …