The vaccination programme for school girls has been running for a decade and will soon be extended to boys.

Everything you need to know about the HPV vaccine and who can get it

The treatment was linked to a massive reduction in the two types of HPV – 16 and 18.

Widespread HPV vaccination programmes ‘could eliminate cervical cancer’

A new study suggests Scotland’s national HPV vaccination programme has led to a dramatic fall in cervical disease.

Two women every day in England die form cervical cancer and more than 200,000 women every year are diagnosed with abnormal cell changes.

One in ten girls and young women still aren’t getting vaccinated, which leaves young men and boys at risk of infection.

Testing for cervical cancer among women in England has fallen to a 10-year low, a cancer charity said.