Father of four who battled HPV throat cancer says getting vaccine in school can save lives

When Jamie Power was diagnosed with HPV throat cancer two years ago, he had to undergo aggressive treatment. The father of four says getting the vaccine in school is a simple way to avoid future hardship 

When Jamie Power had to twice reach urgently for a glass of water to help him swallow food, he thought it a bit weird. When he began to feel “just generally under the weather, a sort of malaise”, he put it down to work being difficult.

But when he woke one Sunday morning in March 2019, looked in the mirror and saw a pronounced lump on the side of his neck, it was the red alert symptom that put him on a path to A&E at the Hermitage Medical Clinic.