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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-12-04more like thismore than 2017-12-04
answering body
Department of Health remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health remove filter
hansard heading Osteoporosis remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ensure that women over 60 years old are routinely offered bone density scans to ascertain bone health. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Quin more like this
uin HL3853 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-14more like thismore than 2017-12-14
answer text <p>Fracture liaison services (FLS) provide secondary prevention for fragility fractures. These services identify patients in secondary and/or primary care who have suffered a fragility fracture and assess the patient’s risk of future fragility fracture in a timely fashion. A FLS then provides advice and/or therapy to reduce that risk.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) evidence based guideline <em>Osteoporosis: assessing the risk of fragility fracture</em>, updated in February 2017, sets out best practice on management of fracture risk in patients with osteoporosis. A copy of the guideline is attached. The guidance recommends that clinicians consider assessment of fracture risk in all women aged 65 years and over and all men aged 75 years and over. Women aged less than 65 years and men aged less than 75 years should be considered for assessment in the presence of certain risk factors, such as a family history of hip fracture or low body mass index.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding bone density scanning, NICE recommends it be considered after patients have first been assessed using a validated risk assessment tool, such as FRAX, which clinicians can use to evaluate the 10-year probability of bone fracture risk in patient. The guidance also recommends other circumstances where bone density scanning should be considered, including for patients who are to undergo treatment which may affect bone density, such as certain treatments for breast or prostate cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
grouped question UIN HL3852 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-14T15:01:14.797Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-14T15:01:14.797Z
answering member
4545
label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
attachment
1
file name osteoporosis-assessing-the-risk-of-fragility-fracture-pdf-35109574194373.pdf more like this
title Osteoporosis more like this
tabling member
518
label Biography information for Baroness Quin more like this
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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-02-08more like thismore than 2016-02-08
answering body
Department of Health remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health remove filter
hansard heading Osteoporosis remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average waiting time for a result to be given of a DEXA bone density scan in each NHS region in England; and what assessment they have made of the average waiting time for such results in (1) Scotland, and (2) Wales. more like this
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Baroness Quin more like this
uin HL5985 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-11more like thismore than 2016-02-11
answer text <p>Data are not collected on the average waiting time for a result to be given for a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. Data are collected on the average waiting time from referral to test, and these are shown in the following table for the four NHS England commissioning regions for most recent period, which is November 2015. Health is a devolved matter in Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Table: average median waiting times in weeks for a DEXA scan from referral by NHS England commissioning region, November 2015</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number of weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North of England</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South of England</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-11T13:18:56.853Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-11T13:18:56.853Z
answering member
127
label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton more like this
tabling member
518
label Biography information for Baroness Quin more like this