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BRITAIN is facing a public health time bomb because thousands of people with diabetes are not getting vital treatment they need, new figures reveal.
The research shows as many as 40 per cent of the 2.8 million diabetics in England and Wales are not getting essential health checks putting them at risk of life threatening complications including strokes, heart disease and lower limb amputations.
The figures, drawn from the Government’s Health and Social Care Information Service, have led to calls for urgent action to improve health care for all diabetics to prevent a surge in complication rates which add to the burgeoning diabetic health care bill which currently stands at £10billion a year.
Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: “The NHS already spends 10 per cent of its entire budget on diabetes and this will rise even further if we do not get better at supporting people with the condition to stay healthy.
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/521575/Diabetics-lives-are-at-risk-due-to-NHS-failure
The research shows as many as 40 per cent of the 2.8 million diabetics in England and Wales are not getting essential health checks putting them at risk of life threatening complications including strokes, heart disease and lower limb amputations.
The figures, drawn from the Government’s Health and Social Care Information Service, have led to calls for urgent action to improve health care for all diabetics to prevent a surge in complication rates which add to the burgeoning diabetic health care bill which currently stands at £10billion a year.
Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: “The NHS already spends 10 per cent of its entire budget on diabetes and this will rise even further if we do not get better at supporting people with the condition to stay healthy.
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/521575/Diabetics-lives-are-at-risk-due-to-NHS-failure