Ealing Travel Clinic provides HPV vaccination for selected individuals over 45 after consultation to assess likely benefit. Located at 30 Northfield Avenue, London W13 9RL. Call 0208 567 0982 to discuss your circumstances.

Yes. Safety studies showed identical side effects in women aged 27-45 compared to younger women. Over 135 million doses worldwide demonstrate excellent safety. There’s no medical reason why safety changes at age 46.

At Ealing Travel Clinic, HPV vaccine costs £150 per dose. Most people over 45 need two doses (£300 total). No hidden consultation fees.

Potentially yes, especially if you were in a long-term marriage with limited previous partners. Long monogamous relationships mean limited HPV exposure. Entering new relationships after divorce creates genuine risk from HPV types you haven’t encountered.

There’s no hard upper limit based on safety. At Ealing Travel Clinic, we assess each person individually. We’ve provided HPV vaccine to people in their 50s when circumstances warrant it. The key factor is likely benefit, not arbitrary age cutoffs.

Usually no. NHS GPs follow national guidelines that stop at age 45. Private clinics like Ealing Travel Clinic have flexibility to assess individual circumstances and provide vaccination when appropriate.

Not necessarily. If you’ve been in long-term monogamous relationships or had few sexual partners, you likely haven’t been exposed to all nine HPV types the vaccine covers. Your immune system at 52 can still respond to vaccination – antibody levels are slightly lower than at 25, but still well above what’s needed for protection. At Ealing Travel Clinic, we assess your individual HPV exposure history to determine if you’re likely to benefit. Call 0208 567 0982 to discuss your specific situation.

It depends on your relationship history. If you’re both entering this relationship after long-term previous relationships with limited partners, you both face similar HPV risks from each other and should both consider vaccination. HPV causes cancers in both men and women – cervical, anal, throat, penile, vulvar, and vaginal cancers, plus genital warts. At £300 each for lifetime protection, it’s worth discussing with our team whether couple vaccination makes sense for you.

Very likely yes. Twenty years of monogamous marriage means you’ve had minimal HPV exposure. Entering new relationships now creates genuine risk from HPV types you’ve never encountered. This is exactly the situation where vaccination after 45 makes medical sense. Book a consultation at Ealing Travel Clinic (0208 567 0982) to assess your specific history and discuss whether vaccination is right for you.

Potentially yes. Healthcare workers performing procedures on HPV-related lesions (especially laser or electrosurgical procedures) face occupational exposure to aerosolised HPV. The CDC acknowledges this risk for operating theatre staff. Even if you’ve been sexually active, occupational exposure is a separate risk factor. At £300 for lifetime protection against nine HPV types and their associated cancers, many healthcare workers in your situation choose vaccination. We can assess your specific occupational risk during consultation.

Consider what £300 buys: lifetime protection against nine HPV types causing 90% of cervical cancers, plus anal, throat, penile, vulvar, and vaginal cancers. It prevents genital warts, which cost £200-500 per treatment session and often recur. If you develop HPV-related cervical dysplasia, treatment involves multiple colposcopy appointments costing £500-1,000, time off work, and significant anxiety. One abnormal smear prevented pays for the vaccine. At Ealing Travel Clinic, there are no hidden fees – £300 is the total cost for two doses with consultation included.

It depends on your sexual history. If you’ve had many partners, you’ve probably encountered several HPV types already, reducing potential benefit. But you’re unlikely to have had all nine vaccine types. The vaccine still protects against types you haven’t had. During consultation, we’ll discuss your history honestly – if we don’t think you’ll benefit enough to justify £300, we’ll tell you. We only recommend vaccination when it makes medical sense for your individual circumstances. Call 0208 567 0982 for an honest assessment.

It depends entirely on your HPV exposure history. If you’ve had few sexual partners and been in long-term relationships, effectiveness against vaccine types you haven’t encountered could potentially match younger age groups (90%+). While this hasn’t been formally studied in people over 45, the biological mechanism suggests protection would be similar for unexposed individuals. If you’ve had extensive sexual history, effectiveness is lower because you’ve likely already had several vaccine types.

It depends which type(s) you’ve had. The vaccine covers nine different HPV types. If you’ve had HPV 16 (from a previous partner), the vaccine won’t help with that type, but it will protect against the other eight types you haven’t had. Most people haven’t been exposed to all nine types.

Yes. Genital warts are usually caused by HPV types 6 and 11. The vaccine protects against these plus seven cancer-causing types. Even though you’ve had 6 or 11, vaccination protects against the others and may reduce recurrence risk.