Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Health services in the Westcountry have been shamed as some of the worst in the country for delivering checks for preventable diseases.
A new report from Diabetes UK revealed that just 25 people in Cornwall ? almost zero per cent ? were offered the NHS Health Check in 2011-12 while in Plymouth it was only 4.2%.
The checks, which test people aged 40 to 74 for Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and kidney failure, were significantly higher in Devon at 12.3% but still below the England average of 13.9%.
In its report ? called Let's Get it Right ? Diabetes UK warned poor local implementation of the NHS Health Check meant people who were at high risk of Type 2 diabetes were missing the chance to get the information and support they need to help prevent the condition.
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/D...ure-West-NHS/story-16954608-detail/story.html
A new report from Diabetes UK revealed that just 25 people in Cornwall ? almost zero per cent ? were offered the NHS Health Check in 2011-12 while in Plymouth it was only 4.2%.
The checks, which test people aged 40 to 74 for Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and kidney failure, were significantly higher in Devon at 12.3% but still below the England average of 13.9%.
In its report ? called Let's Get it Right ? Diabetes UK warned poor local implementation of the NHS Health Check meant people who were at high risk of Type 2 diabetes were missing the chance to get the information and support they need to help prevent the condition.
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/D...ure-West-NHS/story-16954608-detail/story.html
