Scottish schools will start vaccinating teenage girls against the cancer-causing human papilloma virus (HPV) from 1 September. But Theresa Fyffe, the Royal College of Nursing's Scotland director, has doubts the programme can be delivered. "We question whether the government has allocated sufficient resources to roll out the programme and if there are enough school nurses to do this," she said. "Education and training is required for the school nurse workforce about HPV itself."
The Scottish government is spending £64m over three years on the programme, which would start offering the jabs to girls from the age of 12. Teenage girls currently aged 13 to 17 will be able to get vaccinations through a catch-up programme.
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