End the postcode lottery for Fracture Liaison Services (FLS)

Fracture prevention will surely save the taxpayer from paying for unnecessary care

Regular DEXA scans are vital. Make them available to all.

Bone health is such an important health issue for men and women. Regular bone density scans particularly after a fracture

Fully support your campaign

Treatment should be available in all areas.

3 years ago Featured

About 20 yrs ago (when living in England) I was diagnosed with osteopenia, put on Calcium and Vit D, and had bone density scans every 2 years. Since moving to Cardiff I've been denied scans because my blood tests show calcium levels are normal.

This should be an absolute right.

I support this

We need to stop failing people with Osteoporosis, stop treating FLS as a Cinderella service. It's every bit as important in preventing death and disease as Diabetes Services and Stroke Services

I am fully supportive of this initiative. This will help to maintain mobility and independence in growing number of patients in this group

3 years ago Featured

Our FLS has been closed due to funding issues in the last 18 months all this crucial work is being lost in SW London and osteoporosis is not being investigated after an initial fragility fracture. please help

I am absolutely thrilled that at last Osteoporosis is in the public domain! having worked in orthopaedics for over 30 years, I have seen the effects this painful condition has on many lives.

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3 years ago Featured

I am a fracture Liaison Nurse and I know first hand what a difference a fracture liaison has for a Patient. Earliest possible detection, diagnosis and treatment for a patient with a fragility fracture and it takes the burden off the GP

We need to standardize

I back the campaign run by the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) and the Sunday Express.

This is so important!

Yeah!

I back the campaign run by the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) and the Sunday Express. We want everyone over 50 to have access to a quality Fracture Liaison Service (FLS). Fractures caused by osteoporosis affect half of women over 50 and a fifth of men. In terms of years lost to premature death and disability, fractures (broken bones) caused by osteoporosis are the fourth most devastating health condition of all. Effective therapies exist, but the postcode lottery for Fracture Liaison Services means around 90,000 people per year are missing out on treatment. The result is tens of thousands of preventable spinal and hip fractures, which are life-changing for people and costly for the NHS. We're calling on the UK Government to use the Major Conditions Strategy to send a clear message to Integrated Care Boards that everyone over 50 deserves access to a quality Fracture Liaison Service. Those of us based in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are calling on our own devolved Government to ensure proper investment in Fracture Liaison Services to end the barriers to treatment people are facing. Finally, then, we can deliver on the mantra that the first fracture should be the last.

There should not be a lottery for health care of this nature ...