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Protecting the ‘innocence’ of children |
The Minister for Crime Safeguarding & Vulnerability, Victoria Atkins, will reaffirm this government’s determination to end the sexual exploitation of children around the world by ratifying the Lanzarote Convention. The UK’s compliance with the Lanzarote Convention and this ratification will ensure that the UK Home Office is taking robust action with 43 countries to help rid the globe of the scourge of sexual violence and child abuse through greater information sharing and international cooperation. The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, known as the Lanzarote Convention, is part of the UN and Council of Europe standards to end all kinds of sexual offences against children, including exploitation of children through prostitution, grooming & offences related to child abuse material. |
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IWF: UK Government ratifies Lanzarote Convention to tackle child sexual exploitation HO: UK government ratifies Lanzarote Convention to tackle child sexual exploitation IWF: ‘Hidden Heroes’ of the IWF scoop up prestigious award IWF’s Deputy CEO Fred Langford becomes President of INHOPE IWF research on child sex abuse live-streaming reveals 98% of victims are under 13 Public Interest Registry joins the Internet Watch Foundation Statement on the Interim Report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse IWF connects to the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) |
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Vaccinations save lives |
A new study has found that the HPV vaccination has led to major reductions in the number of young women who have the infection, which can cause cervical cancer. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) 16 and 18 infections, which cause the majority of cervical cancer cases, decreased by 86% in women aged 16 to 21 who were eligible for the vaccination as adolescents between 2010 and 2016. The results suggest that the HPV vaccination programme will bring about large reductions in cervical cancer in the future. Cervical cancer is currently the most common cancer in women under 35, killing around 850 women a year. In addition, the programme has led to a marked decline in genital wart diagnoses. The number of genital wart diagnoses in sexual health clinics fell in girls aged 15 to 17 by 89%, and in boys of the same age by 70%, between 2009 and 2017 as a result of herd immunity. Genital warts are caused by some low-risk strains of HPV, which the current vaccine also protects against. |
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DHSC: HPV vaccine reduces cancer-causing infection by 86% A change of mind brings good news New data reveals 420,000 cases of STIs diagnosed in 2017 HPV vaccination | NHS Choices | Nursing Times |
Have a healthy holiday |
Young people are encouraged to make sure they have had both doses of the MMR vaccine before going on holiday to Europe where there are large outbreaks of measles. Cases of measles also continue to rise across England in unvaccinated people of this age. The vaccine is available free to anyone who has not received both doses as a child. It protects against measles, mumps and rubella, all of which can be very serious diseases and are highly infectious. While vaccine uptake levels in the UK in young children are currently very high, coverage levels dipped to a low of 80% in 2003. This means that there are significant numbers of unprotected teenagers and young adults who could catch measles both in England, particularly in environments of close mixing such as summer festivals and when they travel abroad for the summer holidays. Measles is a highly infectious viral illness that can sometimes lead to serious complications and can be fatal in very rare cases so getting protected by taking up the offer of vaccination is crucial. |
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DHSC: Measles and summer travel to Europe Measles outbreaks confirmed in 5 areas across UK Yellow fever reported in traveller returning from Brazil Hepatitis A among gay and bisexual men |
Editor’s choice of other Health related items of note: |
Home Secretary statement on medical use of cannabis NICE: Have you read my notes, doctor? 10DS: PM speech at the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre: 21 June 2018 |
SME Supplier Locator update... | ||
UK Government and public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase and by 2020, it is the stated intent of Cabinet Office that £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts goes to SME’s. Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers. Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:
Click here to find out more. |
Editorial Commentary – Just how democratic is Parliament being with regards to Brexit? |
The media has been full of dubious ‘expert’ commentary regarding Brexit – especially over the last weeks with regards to a ‘Meaningful vote’ (MV). From a Brexiteer’s point of view, the most important ‘MV’ was the Referendum in 2016, which came about after a MV in Parliament to give the electorate a chance to decide whether our future lay within or outside the EU in a referendum. The referendum was followed by a Parliamentary MV on Article 50 being triggered and acceptance that THE GOVERNMENT / EXECUTIVE should negotiate the terms of the withdrawal deal. Despite all these prior MVs, Remainers are still trying to influence/sabotage the process (depending on your point of view) by insisting that ultimately MPs rather than the elected government might end up dictating how the Government acts if no agreement is reached. Readers should find the Briefings for Brexit article; Meaningful votes and the fight for the default option (by Richard Ekins - Associate Professor in Law, St. Johns College, University of Oxford) useful in understanding just how ‘meaningful’ all this recent parliamentary ‘manoeuvring’ has been. |
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Bf B: Meaningful votes and the fight for the default option by Richard Ekins Editorial Comment; Time to return to the Supreme Court? Editorial commentary; How many Referendums does it take to come to a final decision? Editorial Commentary; EU and Spain ‘two-faced’ on border issues? Additional new Briefings for Brexit articles and related items are available in the More contributions to the Brexit process section below. |
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