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<p>The decision by a patient to disclose female genital mutilation (FGM) to a healthcare
professional is complex, and depends on many considerations. The FGM Mandatory Reporting
duty (which applies only when the patient is under 18) is just one aspect of this.</p><p>
</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 in late 2019.</p><p> </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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