Wes Streeting is 'betraying' patients suffering painful fractures, campaigners say

EXCLUSIVE: Wes Streeting is 'betraying' patients suffering painful fractures, campaigners sayCampaign to get Health Secretary Wes Streeting to keep his promise to rollout osteoporosis clinics to all NHS hospitals in England is to be launched in the MirrorCommentsNewsMartin Bagot Health and Science Editor17:07, 17 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesFractures from falls can have a devastating impact(Image: Getty Images)Older people are suffering devastating fractures because Wes Streeting has failed to keep his promise, campaigners say.‌Before Labour came to power in 2024, Mr Streeting pledged to roll out specialist clinics at every hospital in England to check patients for osteoporosis that could lead to an imminent break.‌Half of women over 50 will suffer fractures linked to osteoporosis, including broken hips that prove fatal for more than a quarter of patients within a year. The Royal Osteoporosis Society says 2,000 people die every year following hip fractures that these clinics can prevent.‌In Opposition, Mr Streeting called delays to Fracture Liaison Services under the Conservatives a “betrayal of patients” and pledged to make roll-out one of his first acts as Health Secretary.READ MORE: Woman dies after waiting on chair in A&E 'for hours' despite having a broken backREAD MORE: Funding cuts stop NHS hip and knee operations as surgery rejections soarView 2 ImagesWes Streeting has repeatedly pledged to roll out fracture clinics(Image: PA)On Monday the Royal Osteoporosis Society will run an advert in the Daily Mirror at the start of an advertising campaign across bus stations and the London Underground to call on Mr Streeting to end the delays to the roll-out of fracture prevention clinics.‌TV doctor Dr Sarah Jarvis said: “The roll-out of Fracture Liaison Services for people with osteoporosis has been this government’s most frequently made commitment on women’s health, restated more than 60 times in Parliament and the media. But two years on, patients ar...