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Feeling fragile: Annette Brooke MP experiences the trials of life for people with severe osteoporosis
October 26, 2012 12:11 PM
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, witnessed the impact of severe osteoporosis when she attended a drop in session at the Houses of Parliament for the launch of a new Falls and Fractures Alliance that was timed to coincide with World Osteoporosis Day which took place on 20th October.
Age UK and the National Osteoporosis Society are establishing the new Falls and Fractures Alliance in England. By working together, members of the Alliance will be better placed to achieve common goals of reducing the rate of hospital admissions for hip fractures and falls-related injuries among older people. Our aim is to do this between now and 2017. These ambitions are Department of Health policy and are set out in its Public Health Outcomes Framework for 2013-16.
Every member of the Falls and Fractures Alliance has developed an action plan for their organisation to establish how they will help reduce the incidence of falls and fractures. They have agreed to their plans being published and to report back to other Alliance members every year on how they are performing.
Annette said: "Having suffered a fall myself this year, I understand what an effect it can have on a person's life. I am proud to be supporting the new Falls and Fractures Alliance and have been impressed with their strong action plan for reducing hospital admissions for fall related injuries."
Claire Severgnini, Chief Executive of the National Osteoporosis Society said,
"The Falls and Fractures Declaration demonstrates how the National Osteoporosis Society and Age UK are taking the lead with this growing problem of falls and fragility fractures.
This Declaration is the result of organisations, independent of government; working together to reduce rates of fragility fracture and falls in older people. But in order for this to happen, everybody has to be involved and everybody has to be committed - from health professionals to patients to commissioning bodies.
By working together, we can prevent fragility fractures and we can save lives and money."