Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of fracture care in areas where there is no full fracture liaison service.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published multiple best practice clinical guidelines on assessing and managing fractures, including assessing and managing the risk of fragility fractures in people aged 18 years old and over with osteoporosis. These include details on drug treatments and lifestyle information. NICE guidelines are not mandatory, although health and care commissioners are expected to take them fully into account.

Some local health systems may offer secondary fracture prevention support without using fracture liaison services. Examples might include medication management for people at risk of osteoporosis, falls prevention services and frailty programmes.