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<p>The decision by a patient to disclose female genital mutilation (FGM) to a healthcare
professional is complex. The FGM Mandatory Reporting duty (which applies only when
the patient is under 18) is just one aspect of this.</p><p>The Home Office amended
the police Annual Data Requirement (ADR) to allow police forces the opportunity from
April 2018 to record, on a voluntary basis, offences of FGM which were initially reported
to the police under the FGM Mandatory Reporting Duty. Subject to data quality checks,
we expect the first dataset under this new voluntary ADR collection to be published
later this year. From April 2019, recording of this data under the ADR is mandatory.</p><p>With
this information in combination with the FGM Enhanced Dataset, published by NHS Digital,
we will be able to consider whether there is evidence of impact of the FGM Mandatory
Reporting duty.</p>
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