NZNO nurses, healthcare assistants and some midwives plan to strike from 9am on Wednesday 30 July to 9am on Thursday 31 July. Patient safety is our priority and our hospitals will remain open. Continue to attend all appointments unless we have contacted you directly to reschedule.
The purpose of the Fracture Liaison Service is to help you to prevent a second fracture if you have already had an initial fracture.
Contact the Fracture Liaison Service by:
Our hours are 7:30am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
For the Fracture Clinic contact our Orthopaedics team.
This service does not manage the healing process of your latest fracture — that comes under the Orthopaedics Service.
The Fracture Liaison Service offers bone health and lifestyle advice to help prevent you having further fractures. Bone density scans and bone strengthening medicines are sometimes recommended.
We may be able to help if:
Our service follows guidelines set by Osteoporosis New Zealand with clinical supervision by specialist doctors in rheumatology, endocrinology and older people's health.
You can be referred to the Fracture Liaison Service by:
If you have been to the hospital fracture clinic after an accident, you should automatically be contacted by the service.
