Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 24498

Community Diagnostic Centres: Osteoporosis

Tabled: 1 May 2024
Answered: 8 May 2024
Named Day

Question

Wes Streeting

LabourIlford North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of bone density scans conducted in community diagnostic centres in the last 12 months.

Answer

Data on the number of bone density scans, also known as DEXA scans, conducted in community diagnostic centres, is publicly available in the NHS Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity (DM01) dataset. This data has been published monthly since March 2023, a...

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