Scanning services for osteoporosis patients ‘in crisis’
Scanning services that identify the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis are a “diagnostic specialty in crisis”, experts have claimed, with “systematic failings” putting people at risk of life-changing injuries.
Underinvestment prior to the pandemic and pressures added by the Covid-19 backlog have brought “services to their knees”, a report by the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) said.
Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens the bones, making them more likely to break. It impacts an
