NHS reveals 50 newly recorded cases of female genital mutilation in Northampton New NHS Digital statistics show that there have been 50 newly recorded cases of FGM to NHS Nene CCG between 2016 and 2017, 45 of these girls, at the time, were under 18.
“Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is child abuse. Despite being illegal for over 30 years, too many people are still being subjected to it and it is right that health services have started to properly record evidence of this horrendous practice," a spokesman for the NSPCC said. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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