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<p>Individual National Health Service trusts are responsible for ensuring staffing
arrangements are in place which deliver safe and effective care, including succession
planning.</p><p>Osteoporosis and other bone health conditions are treated by a range
of healthcare professionals, such as general practitioners (GPs), endocrinologists,
rheumatologists and orthopaedic surgeons. Since 2010, the number of endocrinologists
has increased by over 58%, rheumatologists by over 29% and trauma and orthopaedic
surgeons by over 24%. We also have over 900 more full-time equivalent GPs March 2021,
compared to March 2020. We continue to monitor the NHS’s workforce requirements and
ensure that the NHS has the staff that it needs, including for the treatment of osteoporosis
and bone health.</p>
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