Fractures: Health Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new Fracture Liaison Services have been established since July 2024.
Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Our 10-Year Health Plan committed to rolling out Fracture Liaison Services (FLSs) across every part of the country by 2030.
The Department does not routinely collect data on the number of FLSs. The Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme, which includes a dedicated FLS database, is a clinical audit of fracture prevention care, delivered by the Royal College of Physicians. The FLS database collects, measures, and reports on the care provided by FLSs in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It does not include opening and closing dates of FLSs but provides an annual snapshot of the number of FLSs that have submitted data. The database is available at the following link:
https://www.fffap.org.uk/FLS/charts.nsf/benchmarks?ReadForm&yr=2025&vw=BALL&org1=
The Royal College of Physicians publishes an annual report on FLSs in England and Wales, which is available at the following link:
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