00:00 The Shuffle Sharks and the Hatters are our charity partner for this year.
00:07 We're specifically using the Hatters for this campaign because they've got a good reach among the younger women in the city.
00:13 When I was back at school when I was younger I had the HPV jab, it was absolutely fine.
00:18 I've now had a smear test, again there's nothing to be embarrassed about, but it means I'm now 88% less likely to get cervical cancer.
00:26 Going for your cervical screening is super important because it can help prevent cervical cancer, HPV and other cell changing symptoms.
00:36 Whether you get out of school or you can go for your screening, you can book months in advance as well so there's no excuse, get your screening.
00:48 HPV is human papilloma virus, that is a common virus that a lot of adults have, it causes lots of common things like cold sores and varrucas,
00:56 but certain strains of it are strongly linked to certain types of cancer, particularly cervical cancer.
01:01 It's really important that this is a vaccine that's taken up by young people, boys and girls,
01:08 and it is the way that hopefully the UK and other countries will eradicate cervical cancer.
01:12 cancer.
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