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Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 32108 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver early diagnosis services for osteoporosis.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 28 Feb 2025

On 6 January 2025, NHS England published a new Elective Reform Plan, which sets out a whole system approach to achieving the 18-week referral to treatment target by the end of this Parliament. The plan includes funding to boost bone density (DEXA) scannin...