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Safeguarding girls at risk of female genital mutilation

Following recent media coverage, the Chief Medical Officer and the Director of Nursing have asked all health care professionals to familiarise…

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Department of Health and Social Care
Published
25 May 2012
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Following recent media coverage, the Chief Medical Officer and the Director of Nursing have asked all health care professionals to familiarise themselves with the actions they need to take where they have reason to believe that a girl has undergone, or is at risk of, Female Genital Mutilation.

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Published 25 May 2012