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Fractures: Health Services

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 17 October 2025UIN 77173

The question

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.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

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

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