Exclusive: Discovery comes amid growing concern over lax regulation and children being put at risk by rogue operators
Circumcision kits have been found on sale on Amazon UK, highlighting lax regulation as concerns grow about deaths and serious harms to baby boys.
In December, a UK coroner issued warnings about insufficient circumcision regulation after the death in 2023 of a six-month-old boy, Mohamed Abdisamad, from a streptococcus infection.
In a prevention of future deaths report, Dr Anton van Dellen, assistant coroner for west London, highlighted how “any individual may conduct a Non-Therapeutic Male Circumcision (NTMC) without any prior training”, with “no requirement for any infection control measures (and) no requirements for any aftercare”, adding that “action should be taken to prevent future deaths”.
The Department of Health has until the end of February to respond.
