FGM - Information Sharing - Local System Integration
The FGM-IS is a national IT system that supports the ongoing safeguarding of patients, under the age of 18, who have a family history of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- FGM Information Sharing (FGM-IS) Local System Integration
- Reference code
- DCB2112 Amd 28/2019
- Publication date
- 06/03/2020
- Publication version
- 2.0.0
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- 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.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
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- Contact point
- Please quote ‘FGM-IS’ in subject line.
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- Applies to
- All primary care NHS funded healthcare providers in England MUST implement this standard
- Other NHS funded healthcare providers in England MAY implement this standard
- Impacts on
- Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with their customers to determine necessary changes.
- Associated medias
- Conformance date
- 31/03/2021
- Effective from
- 06/03/2020
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Information codes of practice
- Key care information
- Care setting
- Community health
- GP / Primary care
- Hospital
- Social care
Dependencies and related standards
- Related standards
- NHS Number ISB 0149
- Female Genital Mutilation Enhanced Dataset SCCI2026
- NHS Number
Review Information
- Scope
- NHS Services
- Sponsor
Mark Davies, Director – Population Health, Department of Health and Social Care
- Senior Responsible Officer
Dorian Kennedy, Deputy Director – Children, Families and Communities, Department of Health and Social Care Gwen Kennedy, Director of Nursing, Leadership and Quality, NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Business Lead
- James Palmer, Programme Head, NHS Digital
- Approval date
- 30/01/2020
- Post Implementation review Date
- 31/01/2022
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
More information
This information standard makes provision for the data held within the FGM-IS to be made available to all relevant healthcare staff by allowing integration of a view only capability of the family history indicator within all applicable IT systems across all health care services. This will allow fully integrated local query and response access to national FGM-IS data.
About this change
This release makes the following changes:
- a change in scope to mandate implementation in NHS funded primary care settings only
- a new mandatory requirement to display FGM-IS for any patient regardless of gender identity
- a new optional requirement to store the family history indicator locally (but only where it is associated with a clear date and time stamp indicating when FGM-IS indicator was retrieved from the core FGM-IS system)
Note that the name of the standard has been changed to Female Genital Mutilation - Information Sharing (FGM-IS), from FGM RIS (Risk Indication System), to reflect the change in clinical practice.
Page last updated: 20 June 2024