OXFORDSHIRE Primary Care Trust is continuing with its programme to vaccinate against cervical cancer — despite the death of a teenager this week.

Natalie Morton, 14, died shortly after being given a cervical cancer vaccine, but it has emerged she had a "serious underlying medical condition".

She was given the Cervarix jab at Coventry's Blue Coat School on Monday and fell ill a few hours later, but NHS Coventry said the vaccination was "most unlikely to have caused the death".

Today, Dr Jonathan McWilliam, Oxfordshire’s director of public health, said: “Our deepest sympathies are with her family.

“The PCT has alerted all Oxfordshire GP practices and school health nurses to check their current stock and quarantine the doses with the particular batch number in line with the Chief Medical Officer’s guidance. This is a precautionary measure.

“The Chief Medical Officer will keep us informed of the progress and results of the investigation and we will continue to update GPs and school nurses as more information becomes available.

“In line with the chief medical officer’s recommendations, we are continuing with the programme.

“School nurses are having discussions with their local schools individually and school nurses are happy to answer any queries from girls or parents.”