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Tonge quizzes Browning on female genital mutilation

July 23, 2011 11:29 AM

• [Jul 18] Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat): TO ask Her Majesty's Government what programme of public education is undertaken for refugees who arrive in the United Kingdom from countries where female genital mutilation is prevalent.

Baroness Browning (Conservative): The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) provides advice to newly arrived refugees on accessing NHS services. All individuals entering UKBA-arranged accommodation are offered health screening.

Temporary United Kingdom residents (refugees and asylum seekers whose application is still being considered, and anyone who has been lawfully living in the UK for 12 months immediately prior to treatment) are afforded the protections available to permanent UK residents, including access to 15 specialist clinics in the NHS which treat women and girls who have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). These clinics all have trained and culturally sensitive staff who offer a range of confidential healthcare services for women and girls including reversal surgery. These clinics are open to women to attend without referral from their own doctors. These clinics are funded by local primary care trusts.

The Government have also distributed 40,000 leaflets and posters to public sector partners within the UK, highlighting the issue of FGM.

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