{"id":1173987,"date":"2026-08-28T10:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1173987\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:15:24","slug":"sign-up-for-seminar-exploring-the-future-of-cervical-screening-in-the-era-of-hpv-vaccination-uk-national-screening-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1173987\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign up for seminar exploring the future of cervical screening in the era of HPV vaccination \u2013 UK National Screening Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pixabay-free-video-conference.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is pleased to invite stakeholders to the latest in its series of online seminars aimed at increasing public awareness of the complexities and nuances of screening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From vaccination to elimination: HPV and the future of cervical screening <\/strong>will take place on Wednesday 30 September 2026 from 3.30pm to 5.00pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration will close at 12pm on Wednesday 30 September 2026 (BST).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further details, including joining instructions, will be sent out to registered attendees nearer the event.<\/p>\n<p>From vaccination to elimination: what the evidence tells us<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recently published study led by <strong>Professor Peter Sasieni<\/strong> has examined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(26)00918-9\/fulltext\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cervical cancer mortality trends in England following the introduction of HPV vaccination<\/a>. The findings add to a growing body of evidence on the impact of HPV vaccination programmes and what they could mean for efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in England and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As HPV-vaccinated cohorts move through the NHS Cervical Screening Programme, important questions are emerging about the future of screening. How is cervical cancer risk changing? What role will innovations such as HPV self-sampling play? How might cervical screening evolve in a vaccinated population while continuing to protect those most at risk?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This seminar will explore the findings of Prof Sasieni\u2019s research alongside wider developments in cervical screening, vaccination and cancer prevention. Speakers will discuss the current cervical screening programme, delivery of HPV vaccination, emerging evidence on cervical cancer risk, and what the future may hold for cervical screening policy and practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seminar will be hosted by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalscreening.blog.gov.uk\/author\/professor-anne-mackie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Anne Mackie<\/a><\/strong> and will feature presentations from:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Professor Peter Sasieni<\/strong>, Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, Queen Mary University of London<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philippa Pearmain<\/strong>, Consultant in Public Health and Cervical Screening Senior Clinical Lead, NHS England<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharif Ismail<\/strong>, Consultant Epidemiologist, UK Health Security Agency<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carolina Guerra Martinelli<\/strong>, Targeted Screening Lead, UK NSC\/DHSC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees will also have the opportunity to take part in a question-and-answer session with the speakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seminar is likely to be of particular interest to screening professionals and programme leads, public health specialists, clinicians and healthcare practitioners, researchers and academics, patient and public representatives, charities and voluntary organisations.<\/p>\n<p>About our seminars<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK NSC regularly hosts seminars to encourage discussion of important developments in screening policy and practice. These events are designed to support learning, share emerging evidence and encourage engagement with stakeholders from across the screening community.<\/p>\n<p>Previous seminar topics <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can see the list of our previous seminars, and details of any upcoming seminars, on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-national-screening-committee-seminars\/uk-nsc-seminars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UK NSC seminars webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have an idea for a future seminar topic, please email us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalscreening.blog.gov.uk\/2026\/08\/28\/sign-up-for-seminar-exploring-the-future-of-cervical-screening-in-the-era-of-hpv-vaccination\/mailto:uknsc@dhsc.gov.uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">uknsc@dhsc.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK NSC blog provides up to date news from the UK NSC. You can\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalscreening.blog.gov.uk\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">register to receive updates<\/a>\u202fdirect to your inbox, so there is no need to keep checking for new articles. If you have any questions about this blog article, or about the work of the UK NSC, please email\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalscreening.blog.gov.uk\/2026\/08\/28\/sign-up-for-seminar-exploring-the-future-of-cervical-screening-in-the-era-of-hpv-vaccination\/mailto:uknsc@dhsc.gov.uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">uknsc@dhsc.gov.uk<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is pleased to invite stakeholders to the latest in its series&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1173988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-1173987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-northern-ireland","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117172617679831116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}