Question follow-through · 3659

Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase early diagnosis rates for osteoporosis.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
4 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Health and care

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase early diagnosis rates for osteoporosis.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    There are resources in place to help support healthcare professionals in the early diagnosis of osteoporosis, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s clinical knowledge summary on osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractu...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Neurological Diseases: Health Services

29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the MS Society and Neurological Alliance’s report entitled Neurological Conditions: The Case for a Modern Service Framework, published in May 2026, what steps he has taken to ensu

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust: Redundancy

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust voluntary redundancy scheme on staffing levels at Torbay Hospital and associated c

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust: Redundancy

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that Torbay Hospital retains adequate staffing levels to ensure the long-term sustainability and safety of acute, urgent and community healthcare services following the implementa

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Staff

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will publish the NHS 10-Year Workforce Plan before workforce reductions are implemented across NHS trusts, including Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Staff

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Workforce Plan will include workforce benchmarking data for integrated care systems and NHS trusts, including Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, to enable assessment of sa

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust: Redundancy

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS workforce reductions on services for frail, elderly and clinically vulnerable patients in Torbay and South Devon.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Older People

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to ensure continuity of care for older people and patients with complex needs during the transition of services from secondary to primary and community care settings.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Redundancy

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified categories of clinical, community and support staff roles that will be protected from redundancy as part of the NHS transition from hospital-based care to neig

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Torbay

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of transferring adult social care responsibilities from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust to Torbay Council on the workforce.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Devon

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of voluntary redundancy programmes across Devon NHS trusts on regional healthcare resilience and patient safety.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Redundancy

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that rural and coastal health economies, including Torbay and South Devon, are not disproportionately affected by NHS workforce reductions and restruct

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Databases

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of additional administrative time and resource requirements for NHS organisations associated with the implementation and operation of the Federated Data Platform not spe