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The Women and Equalities Committee has questioned ministers and health officials over access to reconstructive surgery for survivors of female genital mutilation.
The session followed the committee’s earlier recommendation that ministers facilitate and fund research into the effectiveness of reconstructive surgery for FGM survivors. The committee had said that, if evidence showed the surgery was effective, the NHS should provide it.
The committee heard from Women’s Health Minister Baroness Merron, the Department of Health and Social Care’s chief scientific adviser Professor Lucy Chappell and NHS England representatives. MPs were expected to examine research funding, international comparisons, health services and mental health support.