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Fractures: Health Services

Commons · Question 2780 · Tabled 19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Alberto Costa

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of England’s progress in providing universal access to Fracture Liaison Services with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 5 Jun 2026

Health is a devolved matter to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.The Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme is a clinical audit of fracture prevention care, delivered by the Royal College of Physicians. The Fracture Liaison Service database coll...