Recently, one of the leading medical charity, on its 25th anniversary has released a report ‘A Fragile Future’ in which it has indicated that presently also, there exist lot many people who are experiencing lengthy delays in getting their fractures diagnosed and thus are facing a "post code lottery" in accessing care.

Following this, it has warned today that if no necessary and immediate action is taken for identifying and treating people with fragile bones then over the period of next 25 years, the cost for treating osteoporosis on the NHS would treble all.

Osteoporosis is a condition during which, the body loses its minerals and the bones of a person becomes quite thin and weak. Thus, they tend to break very easily. Mostly, it is associated with women but according to the above prediction, during the timescale, the rate of hip fractures in men would become similar to that of women.

As reported by the National Osteoporosis Society, presently the total expenditure that is required for treating fractures is £2bn and by 2036, this is expected to cross £6 billion.

Currently, due to poor health of bones, nearly one in two women and one in five men in the UK break a bone. An approximate cost for treating a hip factor is £5,000, but when rehabilitation and other care costs are added to this, it rises to £15,000.