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FGM prevalence exposed by 500 cases in a month
Female genital mutilation may be much more prevalent in Britain than previously believed, with over 500 new cases identified in December alone, new figures showed yesterday.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre said that 558 new patients at acute NHS hospital trusts in England were found to have undergone the illegal procedure.
In all there have been 1,946 newly identified cases since September, of which 47 were under the age of 18.
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