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The NHS in Wales needs to get better at dealing with diabetes, according to leading organisation as it warned of spiralling rates of the condition in coming years.
Diabetes UK Cymru said the number of people with the condition in Wales is projected to rise from 173,000 to 288,000 by 2025 and said the health service must improve on learning from evidence-based demonstrations of good diabetes care.
The organisation said the NHS in Wales spends £500m a year on diabetes care but this money is too often being used ineffectively, with the vast majority spent on treating complications that could often have been prevented if the person had received good healthcare in the first place.
It pointed to the £30m being spent on footcare after patients developed serious complications that can result in amputation.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/calls-better-diabetes-care-numbers-7195584
Diabetes UK Cymru said the number of people with the condition in Wales is projected to rise from 173,000 to 288,000 by 2025 and said the health service must improve on learning from evidence-based demonstrations of good diabetes care.
The organisation said the NHS in Wales spends £500m a year on diabetes care but this money is too often being used ineffectively, with the vast majority spent on treating complications that could often have been prevented if the person had received good healthcare in the first place.
It pointed to the £30m being spent on footcare after patients developed serious complications that can result in amputation.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/calls-better-diabetes-care-numbers-7195584