Female Genital Mutilation – Information Sharing in NCRS

Female Genital Mutilation - Information Sharing (FGM-IS) supports the early intervention and safeguarding of girls under the age of 18, by indicating when a patient has a family history of FGM. 

In the National Care Records Service (NCRS), the FGM-IS indicator can be seen in the ‘Overview’ and ‘Patient’ tabs. On the ‘Overview’ tab, it will appear as an orange banner that you can click on to view details. 

The role-based access control (RBAC) codes for the FGM-IS indicator in NCRS are: 

• B0370 to view an FGM-IS indicator 
• B0380 to view, add or remove an FGM-IS indicator 

In the patient record:  

1. Go to 'Patient details' 

2.  Select Flags/Alerts in desktop view or Female Genital Mutilation – Information Sharing (FGM-IS) on the left-hand side in tablet view. 

3. Click ‘Add FGM Information sharing indicator’. 

4. Follow the instructions and select Confirm and add FGM indicator. 

Cosmetic genital piercings and tattoos

Health and care professionals should use their clinical judgement when deciding if they should add an indicator for cosmetic genital piercings and tattoos, relying on their training to understand what FGM is.

In the patient record:  

1. Go to 'Patient details' 

2. Select Flags/Alerts in desktop view or Female Genital Mutilation – Information Sharing (FGM-IS) on the left-hand side in tablet view. 

3. Select Remove FGM indicator and add the reason.  

From the patient overview: 

1. Select the FGM-IS alert present banner.  

2. Select Remove FGM Indicator and follow the instructions.