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Fractures: Health Services

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 26310, tabled on 24 January 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) develop and (b) improve Fracture Liaison Services.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

30 January 2025

The Government and NHS England support the clinical case for services which help to prevent fragility fractures, and support the patients who sustain them. The Government is committed to ending the postcode lottery for access to Fracture Liaison Services.

Officials continue to work closely with NHS England to explore a range of options to provide better quality and access to these important preventative services.

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