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A GWENT MP has called on the Government to aim for a 50 per cent reduction in diabetes amputations by 2018.
Nick Smith, MP for Blaenau Gwent, spoke at a debate in Parliament on Wednesday on government policies on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
He said: ?Sadly we had 23 amputations last year from complications arising from diabetes and vascular conditions in my constituency of Blaenau Gwent, despite having a Specialist Foot Ulcer Clinic run weekly by an Advanced Podiatry Practitioner at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan.
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10156399.Blaenau_Gwent_MP_aims_to_halve_diabetes_limb_ops/
Nick Smith, MP for Blaenau Gwent, spoke at a debate in Parliament on Wednesday on government policies on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
He said: ?Sadly we had 23 amputations last year from complications arising from diabetes and vascular conditions in my constituency of Blaenau Gwent, despite having a Specialist Foot Ulcer Clinic run weekly by an Advanced Podiatry Practitioner at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan.
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10156399.Blaenau_Gwent_MP_aims_to_halve_diabetes_limb_ops/