Written question asked by Linda Gilroy (Labour) on Monday, 22 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 November 2001. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Friday, 16 November 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to encourage primary care organisations to consider the recommendations in Primary Care Strategy for Falls and Osteoporosis, published by the National Osteoporosis Society in July; what was the cost to the Health Service of dealing with osteoporotic fractures in each of the last three years; what estimate he has made of the impact which recommendations in the Primary Care Strategy for Falls and Osteoporosis, published by the National Osteoporosis Society in July, could have on reducing the number of fractures which the health service has to deal with; what estimate he has made of the impact which recommendations in Primary Care Strategy for Falls and Osteoporosis, published by the National Osteoporosis Society in July, could have on reducing the cost to the National Health Service of dealing with fractures. - Inc figure.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 374 c949W;374 c949-50W; 10210;10211;10208;10209
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Health services Medical treatments Primary care Preventive medicine Surgery Osteoporosis Fractures
Contains statistics: Yes
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