Female Genital Mutilation Enhanced Data Set
The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Data Set requires organisations to record, collect and return detailed information about FGM within the patient population, as treated by the NHS in England.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Reference code
- SCCI2026 Amd 12/2014
- Publication date
- 01/04/2015
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Collections
- Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
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- Applies to
- All NHS funded providers must record FGM information for local use and sharing
- Acute trusts
- GP practices
- Mental health trusts
- Impacts on
- All NHS funded providers must record FGM information for local use and sharing. All acute and mental health trusts and all GP practices must collect and submit FGM information to NHS England.
- Associated medias
- Conformance date
- 01/10/2015
- Effective from
- 01/04/2015
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Adult
- Child
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Demographics
- Reference data
- Care setting
- GP / Primary care
- Hospital
- Mental health
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
No known dependencies.
- Related standards
No known related standards.
Review Information
- Scope
- NHS services
- Sponsor
Department of Health: Flora Goldhill
- Senior Responsible Officer
Department of Health: Madeleine Percival
- Business Lead
- Health and Social Care Information Centre: Sam Sibeko
- Approval date
- 31/03/2015
- Post Implementation review Date
- 01/04/2016
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
NHS standard contract
This collection is published under the NHS Standard Contract.
More information
This release introduces the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Dataset, which supersedes the current FGM Prevalence Dataset (ISB 1610).
This release introduces the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Dataset, which supersedes the current FGM Prevalence Dataset (ISB 1610).
The enhanced dataset is in two parts:
- Local recording and sharing of FGM information to support the provision of care for a woman or girl.
- The central collection of FGM information across acute trusts, mental health trusts and general practice.
The local recording and sharing of FGM information is mandatory for all organisations from 1 April 2015.
The central collection and submission of FGM information is mandatory for:
- all acute trusts from 1June 2015; however, it is requested that from 1 April 2015 all acute trusts continue to collect FGM information and submit at patient level through a different tool.
- all mental health trusts and GP practices from 1 October 2015.
The collection is to be held on the HSCIC Clinical Audit Platform (CAP). This will go live from 1 April 2015 and organisations can register to use CAP by visiting www.hscic.gov.uk/fgm.
Page last updated: 03 May 2024