Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
NHS SWINDON is the second worst primary care trust in the country when it comes to proper care for people with diabetes.
Figures released by the NHS Information Centre, which relate to 2009/10, paint a grim picture for sufferers in the town.
Shocking figures show a total of 207 people in the town died from Type 2 diabetes in 2007/08, compared to just 98 back in 2005.
The risk of death for patients with Type 1 diabetes is 2.6 times higher than the general population, and for patients with type 2 diabetes the risk is 1.6 times higher.
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/9547683.Grim_picture_for_diabetes_sufferer/
Figures released by the NHS Information Centre, which relate to 2009/10, paint a grim picture for sufferers in the town.
Shocking figures show a total of 207 people in the town died from Type 2 diabetes in 2007/08, compared to just 98 back in 2005.
The risk of death for patients with Type 1 diabetes is 2.6 times higher than the general population, and for patients with type 2 diabetes the risk is 1.6 times higher.
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/9547683.Grim_picture_for_diabetes_sufferer/