Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77173

Fractures: Health Services

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the absence of universal access to fracture liason services on the number of preventable deaths from hip fractures each year.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Department has not made an assessment of the impact of Fracture Liaison Services on preventable deaths from hip fractures.