Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 9 February (HL2206), whether a specific body will be set up to lead their joint exploration, with NHS England, of supporting the provision of fracture liaison services.

As per the Major Conditions Strategy: Case for change and our strategic framework, the Government, together with NHS England, will explore supporting the provision of fracture liaison services. The Government has no current plans to set up a specific body to lead this joint exploration, as this is part of the ongoing policy engagement between the Department and NHS England.