NHS: Fracture Liaison Services

Lord Allan of Hallam Excerpts
Monday 5th February 2024

(9 months, 3 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Allan of Hallam Portrait Lord Allan of Hallam (LD)
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My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Black, and the Better Bones campaign have done an excellent job in raising the public profile of fracture liaison services, so I was a little surprised that searching for them on the NHS website returned some general articles about fractures and advice about the Patient Advice and Liaison Service but nothing about fracture liaison services as such. Will the Minister look into this to ensure that people trying to find information about FLSs are given it and directed to their local service?

Lord Markham Portrait Lord Markham (Con)
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I thank the noble Lord. His interventions around the communications side are always welcome, because we recognise that it is one thing having a service and another thing making sure that the world knows about it. I will go and find out more and write to the noble Lord.