Diabetes crisis

[Northerner]

THE diabetes epidemic that health chiefs have been predicting is in full swing according to shock new figures which show treating it is costing Wigan’s NHS £5m a year.

Statistics released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) revealed that the number of people with diabetes in the borough has risen from 17,807 to 21,624 in under five years and health chiefs fear the actual number is far higher.

Last year, £4,867,764 of the local NHS budget (9.5 per cent of the total and 4.2 per cent of the total prescriptions dispensed) was spent treating people with diabetes.

With the NHS having to make huge savings due to Government cuts the news is a worrying sign for the future.

http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/diabetes-crisis-1-6804097

“If we are to avoid further increases we must all consider how we can avoid developing diabetes by taking regular exercise, eating more healthy food and reducing the amount of alcohol we drink.”

Wouldn't have made a scrap of difference to me, mate, I was already doing all that 🙄