Safeguarding women and girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM)
This document provides practical help to support NHS organisations developing new safeguarding policies and procedures for FGM.
Commissioning services to support women and girls with FGM
This document sets out what some elements of a successful and safe service to support women and girls with FGM might look like.
FGM eLearning
Three more elearning sessions have been released and the Health Education England eFGM programme is live. For more information visit: www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/female-genital-mutilation/
Health and Social Care Information Centre monthly statistics
Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have released another report of the FGM Prevalence Dataset returns. The Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence Dataset (ISB 1610) is a monthly return of data from acute hospital providers in England. It is an aggregated return of the incidence of FGM including women who have been previously identified and are currently being treated (for FGM related or non FGM related conditions as at the end of the month) and newly identified women within the reporting period. It has been a mandated collection from 1 September 2014. To view the datasets, visit: www.hscic.gov.uk/searchcatalogue?productid=17686&q=%22female+genital+mutilation%22&sort=Relevance&size=10&page=1#top
Female Genital Mutilation enhanced dataset
The FGM enhanced dataset requires organisations to record collect and return detailed information about FGM within the patient population, as treated by the NHS in England. To view the dataset, visit: www.hscic.gov.uk/isce/publication/scci2026.