Publication, Part of Female Genital Mutilation

Female Genital Mutilation, October - December 2023

Official statistics in development

Publication Date:: 16 May 2024
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: Country, Regions, Integrated Care Boards, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, NHS Trusts, Local Authorities
Date Range:: 01 Oct 2023 to 31 Dec 2023

Summary

This publication includes analysis of data for the months October 2023 to December 2023 from the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Dataset (SCCI 2026) which is a repository for individual level data collected by healthcare providers in England, including acute hospital providers, mental health providers and GP practices. The report includes data on the type of FGM, age at which FGM was undertaken and in which country, the age of the woman or girl at her latest attendance and if she was advised of the health implications and illegalities of FGM and various other analyses. Some data for earlier years are reported.

Key Facts

There were 2,070 individual¹ women and girls who had an attendance where FGM was identified in the period October 2023 - December 2023. These accounted for 3,830 attendances² reported at NHS trusts and GP practices where FGM was identified.
There were 975 newly recorded¹ women and girls in the period October 2023 - December 2023. Newly recorded means that this is the first time they have appeared in this dataset. It does not indicate how recently their FGM was undertaken, nor does it mean that this is the woman or girl’s first attendance for FGM. The number of newly recorded women and girls has reduced over time. This is to be expected as the longer the collection continues, the greater the chance of a woman or girl having been recorded in it previously.
Since April 2015, 36,470 individual¹ women and girls had an attendance where FGM was identified.
In the period October 2023 - December 2023, 87 NHS trusts and 29 GP practices submitted one or more FGM attendance records.

Definitions

(1) Individuals refers to all patients in the reporting period where FGM was identified or a procedure for FGM was undertaken. Each patient is only counted once.

(2) Total Attendances refers to all attendances in the reporting period where FGM was identified or a procedure for FGM was undertaken. Women and girls may have one or more attendances in the reporting period. This category includes both newly recorded and previously identified women and girls.

(3) Newly Recorded refers to an individual’s first appearance in the FGM dataset. Newly recorded does not necessarily mean that the attendance is the woman’s or girl’s first attendance for FGM.