Tens of thousands of patients are suffering life-changing fractures every year because GPs 'routinely' fail to identify those with weak bones, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

Family doctors are well-placed to diagnose and treat osteoporosis but too many people only learn they have it after suffering a fall, the cross-party group of MPs and Peers warn.

Their damning report recommends health bosses introduce a national screening programme for the condition, which affects 3.5million people in the UK, including half of women and a fifth of men over 50.

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