FOI release

Inpatient treatment after circumcision

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2026/03125

Received 7 July 2026

Published 23 July 2026

Last amended 11 August 2026

Request

1.Please can you tell me the number of boys aged 0-18 who have received inpatient treatment for haemorrhage, shock or sepsis which relates to a circumcision between January 1 2020 and May 1 2026.

a. Please provide this information broken down by year.

Response

1.Please can you tell me the number of boys aged 0-18 who have received inpatient treatment for haemorrhage, shock or sepsis which relates to a circumcision between January 1 2020 and May 1 2026.

Answer : <5 patients, who had a circumcision in the date range, were readmitted (within 2 days) with haemorrhages.

A <5 value has been provide due to the small number of patients treated. This is done to prevent the data from being person identifiable.

a. Please provide this information broken down by year.

Answer - Due to the small numbers in this request we unable to release this data under section 40(2). As this data would person identifiable.

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