Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Austin (Labour), on Monday, 18 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 73 members in total.

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NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY MANIFESTOS

That this House welcomes the publication of the National Osteoporosis Society's Manifestos for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; is concerned that osteoporosis is a long-term condition which is currently putting three million people in the UK at risk of painful fractures, which are costly for the NHS to treat; is further concerned that ??2 billion is spent annually on treatment and care for people with hip fractures; notes that much can be done to prevent these fractures, through the proper identification, treatment and care for people who have osteoporosis; calls for a Fracture Liaison Service to be linked to every hospital that receives fragility fractures in the UK, to ensure that every fragility fracture patient gets the treatment and care they need; further calls for coherent clinical guidance for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of falls, fragility fractures and osteoporosis; further calls for the quality and systems of care for people at risk of falls, and with, or at risk of, fragility fractures and osteoporosis to be measured on a regular basis, to stimulate best practice; further calls for healthcare professionals working in primary care to be offered meaningful incentives to find and treat those at a high risk of fragility fracture; and further calls for measures to improve understanding of bone health amongst individuals of all ages, with positive messages communicated in schools.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1509 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Ann Winterton

David Drew

Sandra Gidley

Charlotte Atkins

Subjects

Diseases

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk