Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of delivering universal fracture liaison services by 2030 on (a) patients and (b) the NHS; and what the annual cost to the public purse will be of delivering this.

The Government and NHS England support the clinical case for services which help to prevent fragility fractures and support the patients who sustain them. According to the Fracture Liaison Service Database 2022, at least 60 Trusts in England had access to a Fracture Liaison Service. This government is committed to ending the postcode lottery for access to these important preventative services, and the Department is working closely with NHS England to explore a range of options to provide better quality and access, including ways to best support local systems.

Costs and benefits will be assessed, as these options are considered, taking into consideration the evidence gathered from the 60 services already in operation in England.