Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government why fracture liaison services were not included in the ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ published in February 2022; how much of the £8 billion committed to support elective recovery under that plan has been allocated to fracture liaison services; and, if none, what were the reasons for that.

The allocation of funding from the Elective Recovery Fund (ERF) would be a local decision for providers applying the guidance, so we are unable to provide a national picture of spending specifically on fracture liaison services (FLS). FLS’ may be included in, and have benefited from, the ERF if those community providers submit to the Secondary Uses Service outpatient activity, and if the activity falls under an ERF treatment function.