Number of girls being treated for FGM rises to 578 in March, as campaigners warn month-on-month increase looks set to continue
The number of girls treated for female genital mutilation in England last month rose to 578 in what campaigners said was just the tip of the iceberg.
The latest figures, from the Health and Social Care Information Centre, bring the total of identified cases to 3,963 since data began to be collected on FGM in September. Sixty of the newly identified cases reported involved under-18s.
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