About the Authors

Katie J. Sheehan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

k.sheehan@qmul.ac.uk, katie.sheehan@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliations Bone & Joint Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Life Course and Population Health, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Denise Bastas

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Life Course and Population Health, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Stefanny Guerra

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bone & Joint Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Siobhan Creanor

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health and Community Sciences, Medical School, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Claire Hulme

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health and Community Sciences, Medical School, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Sallie Lamb

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Medical School, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Finbarr C. Martin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Life Course and Population Health, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Catherine Sackley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Toby Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Philip Bell

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public and Patient Involvement Member Representative from Trauma Rehabilitation (Orthopaedic) for Older People (TROOP), London, United Kingdom

Melvyn Hillsdon

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health and Sports Sciences, Medical School, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Sarah Pope

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Integrated Falls & Bone Health Service, St John’s Therapy Centre, St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Heather Cook

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health and Community Sciences, Medical School, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Emma Godfrey

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Life Course and Population Health, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have received grants from the National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) and The Royal Osteoporosis Society related to this work. This funding provides salary support for DB, and partial salary support for SC, CH, SL, CS, EG and KS. KS receives funding from UKRI for hip fracture health services research. KS is Chair of the Scientific and Publications Committee at the Falls and Fragility Fracture National Audit programme and the Chair-elect of the Scientific Committee of the Fragility Fracture Network. CS, TS, SC receive funding from the National Institutes of Health Research for research not related to the current study. SC is partially supported by the National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula. DS, SG, SP, FM declare no additional conflicts of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.