Overview
- Assistant coroner Anton van Dellen issued a Prevention of Future Deaths report after the inquest into six‑month‑old Mohamed Abdisamad.
- The jury found he died from an invasive streptococcus pyogenes infection a week after a non‑therapeutic circumcision.
- The report states any individual may perform non‑therapeutic circumcisions without training, external accreditation or registration.
- It highlights the lack of required consent procedures, record‑keeping, infection control standards and post‑procedure care.
- Copies were sent to the family, the London Ambulance Service, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, with responses due in 56 days to be shared with the Chief Coroner.