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The number of people with diabetes is expected to reach 4.4 million by 2020 as the obesity epidemic takes its toll, a charity has warned.
Over the next eight years the number of people in Britain with the condition is expected to increase by 700,000, according to Diabetes UK.
The charity said that the rise in the number of people with the condition will put a significant financial strain on the NHS - which is already spending 10% of its budget on treating people with diabetes. Chief executive Barbara Young said a combination of diabetes and NHS budget pressures could create a "perfect storm that threatens to bankrupt the NHS".
http://www.google.com/hostednews/uk...aJ2k8KcKbT4ju0KYQ?docId=N0512291349088575158A
Over the next eight years the number of people in Britain with the condition is expected to increase by 700,000, according to Diabetes UK.
The charity said that the rise in the number of people with the condition will put a significant financial strain on the NHS - which is already spending 10% of its budget on treating people with diabetes. Chief executive Barbara Young said a combination of diabetes and NHS budget pressures could create a "perfect storm that threatens to bankrupt the NHS".
http://www.google.com/hostednews/uk...aJ2k8KcKbT4ju0KYQ?docId=N0512291349088575158A
