Better bone health resources
Learn about bone health in Parkinson’s, and access information and resources for professionals and people with Parkinson's.
- Inpatient care and medicines management
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- Tools
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- All professions
- Complex
- Diagnosis
- Maintenance
Why bone health?
People with Parkinson’s are more than twice as likely to have osteoporosis and fractures than those without the condition, and outcomes of major fractures are worse. Yet many are not routinely assessed for fracture risk.
Our 2025 UK Parkinson's Audit showed that services that participated in our national Better bone health service improvement project returned a higher percentage of patients who received bone health assessments compared to centres that didn't take part. But, the Audit results showed that there was still room for improvement in assessing bone health. Read the Audit reports here.
Better bone health resources
The Better bone health project took part in 2 phases from 2021 to 2023. The third phase of the project made the resources used by the participating teams available for any service to use.
Assessing bone health in Parkinson's is a simple guide that will take you through the process.
The Bone health in Parkinson's (BHIP) patient assessment form is a single page form. It can be kept as part of your patients' records.
An update on assessing bone health in people with Parkinson's
Hear from Dr Donald Grosset, Excellence Network Service Improvement Lead, as he gives an update on the bone health project and guidance for clinical assessments.
Better bone health service improvement project reports
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The Better bone health service improvement project report provides an in-depth look at the aims and results. Read the report here (PDF 250KB).
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The Better bone health service improvement project phase 2 report provides an update on activity. Read the phase 2 report here (PDF 206KB).
Our project showed that bone health assessments can be a routine part of Parkinson's care.
“Assessing bone health, I felt, was out of my remit – too complicated – too time consuming – and best left to the bone health professionals. What did I learn from undertaking this project? Firstly, bone health isn’t scary. Secondly I am perfectly placed to undertake a bone health assessment, which I have found can easily be incorporated into a face to face clinic”.
Joanne Rose, Parkinson's Nurse Specialist, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.
Bone health resources for people with Parkinson's
Signpost your patients with Parkinson's to these resources with bone health information, available on our webpages, or as digital or printed booklets:
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