{"id":185127,"date":"2025-06-15T01:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185127\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T01:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:15:13","slug":"broken-bones-caused-by-osteoporosis-cost-british-economy-more-than-142-million-in-labours-first-year-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185127\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken bones caused by osteoporosis cost British economy more than \u00a3142 million in Labour’s first year in power"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MEIKE LEONARD<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 17:08 EDT, 14 June 2025 | Updated: 17:35 EDT, 14 June 2025 <\/p>\n

Broken bones caused by osteoporosis have cost the British economy<\/a> more than \u00a3142 million in Labour\u2019s first year in power, according to new research.<\/p>\n

A further 660,000 work days were estimated to have been lost due to sickness absence.<\/p>\n

Campaigners say the figures, taken from independent research commissioned by the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS), are just one indicator of the toll osteoporosis is taking on the UK economy.<\/p>\n

The ROS is calling for Health Secretary Wes Streeting<\/a> to deliver on his promise to improve osteoporosis services in his forthcoming NHS<\/a> 10-Year Plan, set to be announced next month.<\/p>\n

Osteoporosis \u2013 suffered by 3.5 million people in the UK \u2013 causes bones in the body to lose strength and break more easily.<\/p>\n

The condition can be devastatingly painful, cause permanent disabilities and reduce patients\u2019 independence, causing 500,000 broken bones every year in the UK.<\/p>\n

Half of all women and around a fifth of men over 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis.<\/p>\n

Now, new figures from the ONS on sickness absences show that musculoskeletal conditions \u2013 including osteoporosis \u2013 are the biggest single contributor of overall work days lost.<\/p>\n

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Campaigners say the figures, taken from independent research commissioned by the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS), are just one indicator of the toll osteoporosis is taking on the UK economy. Pictured: File photo<\/p>\n

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The ROS is calling for Health Secretary Wes Streeting to deliver on his promise to improve osteoporosis services in his forthcoming NHS 10-Year Plan, set to be announced next month.\u00a0Pictured: File photo<\/p>\n

The percentage of sickness absence caused by these health problems has increased every year since 2022.<\/p>\n

Mr Streeting pledged to tackle the crisis last year, promising to end the postcode lottery for early diagnostic centres for osteoporosis.<\/p>\n

Called Fracture Liaison Services (FLS), these sites triage and treat patients suspected to have the condition. Yet only half of NHS trusts in England currently have an FLS.<\/p>\n

Mr Streeting has repeatedly pledged to roll universal FLS to all parts of England by 2030 \u2013 a move that campaigners hope will be cemented in his 10-Year Plan for the Health Service.<\/p>\n

Craig Jones, chief executive at the Royal Osteoporosis Society, said: \u2018Economic growth is rightly at the centre of the Government\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n

\u2018Britain is alone in seeing a sharp rise in worklessness since the pandemic, with musculoskeletal conditions like osteoporosis among the leading reasons for experienced older workers being forced into sickness and carer\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n

\u2018Early diagnosis of osteoporosis through Fracture Liaison Services will help prevent worklessness, and we hope the 10-Year Plan will include the rollout plan Wes Streeting has talked about so inspiringly.\u2019<\/p>\n

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