End the postcode lottery for Fracture Liaison Services (FLS)

Very clear evidence that they are cost effective and should be available to everyone

We desperately need an FLS in Weston Super Mare which has a large retired and elderly population!

This is an evidence base service which works clinically and financially. Unsure, why it is not in the priority list of NHS.

Hi This is really important for our long term health and helps us to ensure good access to the relevant information.

failing to provide this service is discrimination against the elderly.

We should not need a petition, this is cost effective medicine!

I work in in the local DXA unit. our FLS definitely seems to have made an impact on reducing fractures since it started

Lets make the 'fix and forget' after a fracture a thing of the past. Here's to prevention levelling up and universal FLS!

I fully support the ROS campaign to have a FLS serving the whole country.

its scandalous that we do not have a FLS serving all areas. It makes sense - reduces fractures, saves lives and saves £££

Universal provision of Fracture Liaison Services should be a priority to end the postcode lottery for these services. Adequate funding and provision of services is vital to reducing the disability that ensues from preventable fractures.

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Fracture Liaison Services are essential for prevention of major fractures: our health board has turned down 5 business cases for FLS in the last 15 years, and we are a very concerned negative outlier. Efficacy and health economics of FLS is long proven.

Retired Professor of Osteoporosis and Falls Prevention, University of Derby

Please prioritise Fracture Liaison Services (FLS), and close the osteoporosis care gap.

Its not just the pain and other symptoms fractures cause but the ongoing negative impact this has on daily living and on other health conditions which is even more shocking.

I wholeheartedly support this call and all its publicity to help the public also be aware that treatment and prevention of fracture is very possible.

FLS is a cost effective service and a crucial element of osteoporosis care

If you live with multiple fractures and never get told you need to be investigated for osteoporosis, this in time is life changing! We need a FLS in every hospital. PLEASE

It is essential that all patients across the country have access to this valuable service.

Makes so much sense to avoid further fractures using a service that has proven to do it effectively and even at great value for money!