CALL FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR OSTEOPOROSIS SUFFERERS
October 21, 2009 9:31 AM
Nick says, "I am only too pleased to support the Osteoporosis Manifesto, which identifies five areas where vast improvements are needed: the management of falls, fragility fractures and osteoporosis; clinical guidance; the assessment of clinical performance; primary care services and public awareness and education.
"The National Osteoporosis Society's Fighting for Fracture Liaison Services Campaign. is highlighting how Osteoporosis causes fragile bones, which can lead to agonising and disabling fractures. It is a long-term condition and the combined annual cost of hospital and social care for patients with hip fractures in the UK is £2 billion - that's over £5 million a day."
"Painful and debilitating fractures are not an inevitable result of osteoporosis, yet most healthcare services do little to prevent them," says Claire Severgnini, Chief Executive of the National Osteoporosis Society. "Thousands of needless fractures are being allowed to occur each year until this major public health problem and health inequality is tackled. Our manifesto highlights the key challenges that must be met to provide osteoporosis sufferers with the appropriate diagnosis, care and treatments they deserve."
The National Osteoporosis Society is the only UK wide charity dedicated to improving the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. In the UK, one in two women and one in five men over the age of 50 will break a bone mainly because of osteoporosis.1,150 people are dying every month in the UK as a result of hip fractures.
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