World Osteoporosis Day

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That this House supports World Osteoporosis Day on Thursday 20th October 2022; notes its purpose to increase awareness of this common and serious condition where bones become porous and more likely to break; is concerned that 3 million people in the UK are affected by Osteoporosis with more than 500,000 receiving hospital treatment as a result of the condition; acknowledges that one in three women and one in five men over 50 will have an Osteoporosis-related fracture; understands that women are at greater risk of Osteoporosis due to oestrogen production at the menopause; recognises that women over 45 spend more days in hospital because of osteoporosis than diabetes, heart attack or breast cancer; is disturbed that twenty-five per cent. of women have to endure more than three fractures before diagnosis; congratulates the Royal Osteoporosis Society for its ongoing efforts to prevent fractures throughout the UK; further notes their campaign to end the postcode lottery for fracture liaison services in England and Wales, which leaves an estimated 90,000 people without the treatment they need; supports the goal of increasing world-standard model of care for FLS; believes that increasing understanding of Osteoporosis risk factors and symptoms is essential to reducing suffering; recognises good osteoporosis and fracture care as essential to ageing well in the UK; and therefore supports World Osteoporosis Day and its goals.