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Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] usually is not covered by the NHS, so parents must find a private medical or non-medical operator such as a [[mohel]] to perform the [[foreskin]] [[amputation]] and must pay the fee out of pocket as [[third-party payment]] is not available. Given the recent legal cautions uttered by the BMA,<ref name="bma2019" /> it may not be easy to find a medical practitioner willing to accept the risk. | Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] usually is not covered by the NHS, so parents must find a private medical or non-medical operator such as a [[mohel]] to perform the [[foreskin]] [[amputation]] and must pay the fee out of pocket as [[third-party payment]] is not available. Given the recent legal cautions uttered by the BMA,<ref name="bma2019" /> it may not be easy to find a medical practitioner willing to accept the risk. | ||
The NHS announced in November 2022 that it would no longer perform the 23,000 circumcisions that it had been performing every year.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
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==Video== | ==Video== | ||
A discussion of consent for non-therapeutic male circumcision by Maaajid Nawaz from Sky News. | A discussion of consent for non-therapeutic male circumcision by Maaajid Nawaz from Sky News. | ||