Osteoporosis: Menopause bone checks needed, says fracture woman

“There’s no way you can measure how that’s impacted the lives of 25,000 individuals who are living with fractures or been given this diagnosis [of osteoporosis],” he said.

About 30 to 40% of frailty fracture patients will have a second fracture within a year, he said.

“That’s the highest risk and still we’re not picking it up… they continue to have fractures again and again,” Dr Singh added.

The result is what he called a “fracture cascade” where people who were otherwise healthy end up ill and unable to care for themselves at home, at huge cost to the NHS.

Jill Dalgleish said a knee replacement last year gave her the “kick she needed” to start focusing on her bone health.

The 67-year-old paid £200 to get a REMS, external test, an ultrasound bone scan being offered in Wales for the first time at a clinic in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.