Introduction
The Female Genital Mutilation Data Set provides essential information in relation to the female genital mutilation population across England.
The Female Genital Mutilation Data Set is used:
- To publish Official Statistics which will inform the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, other Government Agencies and the public, about female genital mutilation when it has been identified
- To identify the potential risk of female genital mutilation to young girls and vulnerable women
- For better planning and management of female genital mutilation SERVICES at a local level and across England
Data for an individual PATIENT can be entered using a direct input screen on the NHS England Clinical Audit Platform, or an ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD EXTRACT can be used to submit bulk data uploads on a monthly basis for each ORGANISATION.
CARE CONTACT activities undertaken for female genital mutilation PATIENTS during the REPORTING PERIOD are reported in the data upload. This includes any attendances at an Out-Patient Clinic led by any type of CARE PROFESSIONAL, Hospital Provider Spells, Emergency Care Attendances, Group Therapy, Ward Attendances; or any other type of direct PATIENT-facing CARE CONTACT, with the exception of Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinics and Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) clinics, who are not required to submit the Female Genital Mutilation Data Set to NHS England.
- Female genital mutilation related findings:
For further details relating to the SNOMED CT Refset, see the SNOMED CT Browser at: Female genital mutilation related findings simple reference set (foundation metadata concept).
- Female genital mutilation related procedures:
For further details relating to the SNOMED CT Refset, see the SNOMED CT Browser at: Female genital mutilation related procedures simple reference set (foundation metadata concept).
Data Extract Specification
Description
The Department of Health and Social Care requires all NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts and GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS to generate and provide a data extract in accordance with the Female Genital Mutilation Data Set. This requirement is applicable to all CARE PROFESSIONALS in these ORGANISATIONS whenever it has been identified that a woman or young girl has undergone female genital mutilation.
Further information is available on the NHS England website at: Female Genital Mutilation Datasets.Time period
Data extracted from systems can be submitted as a bulk upload on a quarterly basis for each ORGANISATION.
Format
Data submitted by the bulk upload facility must be formatted in 3 separate comma separated variable (csv) files (i.e. Patient, Attendance or Female Genital Mutilation), which are used to populate the NHS England Clinical Audit Platform. The data elements should be transmitted in the order specified in the Female Genital Mutilation Data Set.
Transmission
Electronic files must be transmitted to NHS England via the Clinical Audit Platform which is a secure web portal.
Connection to the web portal requires registration to the Clinical Audit Platform, which will include the provision of a login account name and password.
Further information about the Clinical Audit Platform and the data upload facility can be found on the NHS England website: at Clinical Audit Platform.
Further guidance on the Female Genital Mutilation Data Set can be found on the NHS England website at: SCCI2026: Female Genital Mutilation Enhanced Dataset.
Mandation
The Mandation column indicates the recommendation for the inclusion of data.
- M = Mandatory: this data element is mandatory and the technical process (e.g. submission of the data set, production of output etc) cannot be completed without this data element being present
- R = Required: NHS business processes cannot be delivered without this data element
- O = Optional: the inclusion of this data element is optional as required for local purposes.