Cost of diabetes medicines up 20% in five years, NHSBSA data shows.

[Amity Island]

More than £1 billion was spent on diabetes medicines in England in 2019/20, up 20% on the 2015/16 figure of £958m, NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) data has revealed.

The rise to £1.2bn in 2019/20 was “driven by large increases in costs of antidiabetic drugs and insulin”, which resulted in “increased cost per person in 2019/20 [compared to] previous years”, NHSBSA said in a report on the prescribing for diabetes in England, published yesterday (November 5).
Antidiabetic drugs – generally prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes – accounted for £615 million of the total cost of diabetes medicines in 2019/20 and remain the “most prescribed treatment for diabetes”, totalling 42 million items in 2019/20.

Cost of diabetes medicines up 20% in five years, NHS BSA data shows | Chemist+Druggist

More than £1 billion was spent on diabetes medicines in England in 2019/20, up 20% on the 2015/16 figure of £958m, NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) data has revealed.

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[Drummer]

As I was diagnosed in 2016 and given tablets at once with no advice on diet - they have surely brought it on themselves.
Just stop handing out prescriptions and telling type twos that baked beans and potatoes are a good lunch - how much simpler can it be?

 

[trophywench]

... and we both think Shirley Ballas looks far better and happier in her own body without the big boobs!

 

[pm133]

As I was diagnosed in 2016 and given tablets at once with no advice on diet - they have surely brought it on themselves.
Just stop handing out prescriptions and telling type twos that baked beans and potatoes are a good lunch - how much simpler can it be?

I imagine they won't make wholesale changes to how they do things without solid scientific evidence that the change you are suggesting will be better for patients. I suppose it's back to the problem being discussed on the other thread about whether carbs are needed or not.

 

[Drummer]

Doctors see that some people go from full on diabetes to almost normal and have no interest in how or why.
I don't understand that mentality.