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<p>The Department provided an interim update to the health content of the “Multi Agency
Practice Guidelines – Female Genital Mutilation” in July 2014 whilst more detailed
guidance was being developed to reflect new requirements on National Health Service
staff related to the Department’s FGM Prevention Programme. We plan to publish further
guidance next month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England
have also issued FGM guidance to the NHS through a statement of requirements and responsibilities,
and have updated the content for health professionals on the NHS Choices FGM web-page.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department also commissioned Health Education England to
produce five new e-learning training sessions on FGM for NHS staff, the first of which
is available free of charge to NHS staff on the national ‘eLearning for Health’ platform.</p><p>
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