Wes Streeting urged not to betray Brits at risk of killer disease

Labour is in danger of betraying older and disabled people by not honouring a pre-election pledge to roll-out simple nationwide checks for osteoporosis, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been warned. Cross-party pressure is mounting on the Government to publish its “bone plan” and bring an end to the postcode lottery which means people throughout England are missing out on diagnoses for osteoporosis.

Leading figures across the political divide are alarmed at the lack of action . They want “fracture liaison services” established in the half of NHS trusts where these are absent so people receive a check for the potentially deadly bone disease when they turn up for the first time with a fracture. Osteoporosis leads to 500,000 broken bones every year in the UK with 2,500 people dying