The BADN added its signature to a letter sent to the Department for Health and Social Care, which urges the extension of the vaccination programme against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) to boys as well as girls.
The letter to Steve Brine MP, Minister for Pubic Health and Primary Care, makes clear that dental leaders strongly support universal vaccination against HPV, prior to a meeting of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on 6 June 2018.
Emma Riley, chair of the Society of British Dental Nurses (SBDN) and oncology specialist interest lead, said: 'The SBDN continues to support the campaign to support HPV Vaccinations for Boys. We believe that the decision not to provide HPV vaccinations for boys is flawed on many levels and such decisions have the potential to contravene both human rights and the right to a healthy life, as well as raising equality and diversity issues.
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