Following recommendations from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the government introduced the HPV vaccination for females aged 12–13.
The programme was introduced as a preventative measure to assess people's risks of developing conditions such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes.
Sir Michael Marmot's 'Fair society, healthy lives' argued existing health inequalities were largely preventable through action to address social determinants of health.
The new government set out its health and social care priorities: it promised a commission on adult social care funding but did not reflect the ensuing wide-scale NHS reforms.