Bone disease treatment delay will cost 1,400 women's lives, charity warns ... trends now
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Around 1,400 women will die if Chancellor Jeremy Hunt fails to end the postcode lottery on a devastating bone disease that affects millions.
MPs, peers and top doctors are calling on Mr Hunt to provide £30 million of funding for early detection of osteoporosis. Experts say the measure would pay for itself many times over.
Campaigners hoped he would stump up the cash in this month's Budget to install Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) in every NHS trust in England and Wales.
But Mr Hunt turned a deaf ear to pleas to roll it out across the UK. That will cost up to 1,400 lives, say experts at the Royal Osteoporosis Society charity.
Campaigners say his inaction will also result in £39 million of wasted costs in the NHS and
