Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions to the NHS in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
No specific estimate has been made of the number of people with who will suffer from arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions in each of the next 10 years or of the cost to the National Health Service of treating these conditions.