Osteoporosis: Charity urges NHS to put bone health on check list

THE Government has been urged to include questions about bone health in the NHS Health Check.

- BY JAYMI MCCANN

The Royal Osteoporosis Society said Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s decision to ask about the menopause now offers a “prime opportunity” to deliver on his pledge for early diagnosis of osteoporosis.

So the charity wants it to also check about bone health for both men and women.