Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the progress towards improving consistency of access to Fracture Liaison Services; and what steps he is taking to support the development and implementation of plans to achieve comprehensive national coverage by 2030.

Our 10-Year Health Plan committed to rolling out Fracture Liaison Services (FLSs) across every part of the country by 2030.

Integrated care boards (ICBs) remain well-placed to make decisions according to local need.

The Renewed Women’s Health Strategy sets an expectation that ICBs prioritise community-based models when commissioning new fracture prevention services.

The FLS database, delivered by the Royal College of Physicians, provides an annual report of the number of FLSs in England and Wales that have submitted data. The database is available at the following link:

https://www.fffap.org.uk/FLS/charts.nsf/benchmarks?ReadForm&yr=2025&vw=BALL&org1=

The FLS-DB annual report 2026 is available at the following link:

https://www.rcp.ac.uk/95436