NHS Education for Scotland (NES) provides training and guidance about the HPV vaccine for healthcare staff on TURAS.

View guidance by NES about the HPV immunisation programme on TURAS (external website).

Education resources

View our resources and information for education staff to support the HPV vaccination programme in schools.

Guidance

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) letters

The latest letter from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) outlines the change to dosage from two doses to one dose for the adolescent HPV programme (external website).

A 2019 letter from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) outlines the extension of the HPV programme to include boys (2019) (external website).

The Chief Medical Officer’s letter (2017) outlines the rationale for including MSM in the national HPV immunisation programme (external website).

Green Book

For more information on HPV immunisation, including updates, please refer to the UKHSA Green Book, Chapter 18a (external website).

JCVI statement about dosage changes

View the JCVI statement on a one-dose schedule for the routine HPV immunisation programme (external website).

Patient Group Direction template

View the most recent patient group direction template about the administration of the HPV vaccine.